09/07/2011 17:18
Iran test-fired two long-range missiles into the Indian Ocean
Iran issued about the successful testing of 2 missiles at the Indian Sea with a range of 1900 km.
“In the month of Bahman (Jan 21-Feb 19) two missiles with a range of 1,900 kilometres were fired from Semnan province(in northern Iran) into the mouth of the Indian Ocean,” Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the Revolutionary Guards’ aerospace division, told a news conference some of which was shown on television.
Iran usually tests its missiles in extensive deserts in the heart of the country, so the firing into the Indian Ocean is an unusual move, aimed to prove Tehran’s longstanding claims it can hit targets beyond its borders.