TEHRAN: Iran launched a new long-range missile late last month, a general announced on Monday, trumpeting the accuracy of the latest such weapon to be test-fired in defiance of the West.
“A missile with a 2,000-km range was tested two weeks ago,” said General Ali Abdolahi, adding that it has a negligible margin of error of just eight meters.
“We can guide this ballistic missile. It leaves the Earth’s atmosphere, re-enters it and hits the target without error,” the armed forces deputy chief-of-staff said, quoted by the website of state broadcaster IRINN.
In early March, Iran carried out several short-, medium- and long-range (300 to 2,000 km) precision missile tests across its territory, mostly from underground bases.
The series of tests have come in for criticism from the US, Britain, France and Germany.
Tehran touts long-range missile
Tehran touts long-range missile
