Special report: Iran Nuclear Crisis
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The Zalzal and Fajr-5 missiles were
fired by the military units subordinate to the Revolutionary Guards'
ground forces. (Xinhua/AFP File Photo)
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TEHRAN, Jan.
23 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps on Tuesday successfully
test fired two types of homemade missiles during military
exercises, the local Fars news agency reported.
The Zalzal and Fajr-5 missiles were fired by the
military units subordinate to the Revolutionary Guards' ground forces, Commander
of the Revolutionary Guards' missile unit Brigadier General Majeed Ayineh said.
Fajr-5 has a range of around 75 km while Zalzal has a
range of100 to 400 km, according to the Fars report.
The Revolutionary Guards started from Sunday a
five-day military maneuver, the first after the UN Security Council issued
sanctions against the country's nuclear program last December.
The war game came against the backdrop that the
United States deployed its second aircraft carrier to the Gulf region recently.
Iran has regularly launched large-scale war games
since the nuclear issue became the spotlight in the world three years ago.
Last November, Iran staged a 10-day military maneuver
dubbed "The Great Prophet 2", during which the Revolutionary Guards test-fired
ballistic Shahab-3 missiles with a range of more than 2,000km.
Iran stages drills and keeps defiant
on UN sanctions
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards fire the
Shahab-3 long-range ballistic missile in the desert outside the holy city
of Qom, November 2006. (AFP File Photo)
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