Iran unveils new home-made cruise missile

EghtesadOnline: Iran has unveiled a new home-made cruise missile as part of the ongoing massive war games dubbed Velayat-e 95 in the country’s southern waters.

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27 February 2017

The new Nasir missile was successfully test-fired during the naval drill, Iran’s defense minister, Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan said.

He did not unveil any details about the missile, ILNA reported.

The Iranian naval forces started large-scale war games, codenamed Velayat-e 95, on Feb. 26 in the north of the Indian Ocean, Oman Sea, Gulf of Aden and the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb.

Last January, the country’s navy held the Velayat-e 94 drills across a large swath of territorial waters and high seas in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Indian Ocean.