Special report:Iran launches military exercise

Iran shows new generation of anti-helicopter weapons

Iran's Revolutionary Guards fire a Shahab 3 missile during a war game southeast of Tehran, Nov. 2, 2006.  (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery >>>

    TEHRAN, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Saturday tried new generation of anti-helicopter weapons and other military hardware during the ongoing military maneuvers, the official IRNA news agency reported.

    Different types of improved anti-helicopter, anti-armor and anti-personnel weapons had been used by the Iranian troops, General Mohammad-Reza Zahedi, commander of the IRGC's ground forces, told a press conference.

    The combat capability of these anti-helicopter weapons had been doubled in recent years and they could be used against all types of helicopters, Zahedi said. Full story>>

Iran: missile launch urges U.S. to stop drills

    TEHRAN, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian deputy navy chief said on Friday that the Iranian army launched three new missiles earlier during their ongoing military maneuver was a strong message for the United States to cease its military drills in the Gulf region, the state radio reported.

    "I think the enemies of the Islamic Republic should stop their hostility in the Persian Gulf, and they should not make any move that could intensify the tensions in the region," Admiral. Sardar Fadavi, the deputy navy chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, told the radio. Full Story

Iran fires ballistic missiles in drill

    TEHRAN, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Thursday launched several types of missiles at the start of a large-scale military maneuvers, including the Shahab-3 ballistic missiles with a range of more than 2,000 km, the state television reported.

    "The Shahab missiles carrying cluster warheads have a range of 2,000 km, they were fired from the desert of Qom," a city 120 km south of Tehran, the television reported. Full Story