Iran navy test-fires new cruise missiles
Iran test-fired a "new generation" of cruise missiles yesterday, the navy said, in the first such military exercises since 19 sailors were killed last month in a friendly fire incident. The armed forces' website published pictures of the drill in the Gulf of Oman showing missiles being fired from a warship and the back of a truck, and a vessel exploding out at sea. A statement said both short- and long-range missiles were test-fired. They "destroyed the designated targets 280 kilometres away, and their range can be increased even further," said the statement.
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