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| A missile is launched during the fifth day of the six-day naval drill dubbed Velayat 91 from the coastline of the sea of Oman in southern Iran on Jan. 1, 2013. Iranian navy test-fired Tuesday the Noor long-range missile in the ongoing naval drill, the official IRNA news agency reported. (Xinhua/Irna News Agency/Mohammadreza Alimadadi) |
TEHRAN, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Iranian navy test-fired Tuesday the Noor long-range missile in the ongoing naval drill, the official IRNA news agency reported.
The home-made surface-to-surface missile hit the target " successfully" on the fifth day of the six-day naval drill dubbed Velayat 91, or Guardianship 91, which started Friday in Iran's southern waters, spokesman for the military exercises Rear Admiral Amir Rastegari was quoted as saying.
The upgraded version of the Noor missile, designed and manufactured by Iranian army experts, can be used to target vessels, said Rastegari.
During Velayat 90 wargame in 2011, a Noor missile was tested with improvements in its electronic systems, with a more jam- resistant radar and better target acquisition algorithms.
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