Iran test fires 'new generation' cruise missiles with 'deadly precision' by blowing up empty ship in the Gulf

  • Missiles reportedly destroyed targets at distance of 170 miles (280 kilometers)
  • Tests took place during drill by Iran's navy in the Gulf of Oman and Indian Ocean
  • Iran's Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, said missiles are equipped with 'homing' 
  • He said the missiles are capable of resisting 'any kind of electronic war' 
Iran test fired a 'new generation' of cruise missiles in a naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman and northern Indian Ocean, state media reported Thursday.
The report by the official IRNA news agency said the missiles destroyed targets at a distance of 170 miles (280 kilometers).  
It said the tests took place during a drill by Iran's navy in the Gulf of Oman and Indian Ocean.
IIRNA said the missiles' range can be extended but gave no details.
The missiles had 'deadly precision and power for Iran's enemies,' said a reporter from state broadcaster IRIB at a beach where they were fired from a truck.
The news agency said two kinds of missiles were fired, without elaborating, and broadcast images of projectiles being launched from both a truck and a ship, hitting a buoyant target in the sea.Iran test fired cruise missiles in a naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman and northern Indian Ocean, state media reported Thursday
Iran test fired cruise missiles in a naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman and northern Indian Ocean, state media reported Thursday
The report by the official IRNA news agency said the missiles destroyed targets at a distance of 280 kilometers (170 miles)
The report by the official IRNA news agency said the missiles destroyed targets at a distance of 280 kilometers (170 miles)
Iran's navy chief, Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, told state TV that the 'homing' c-class cruise missiles have new warheads that can hit targets with high accuracy at a close distance. 
He said the missiles are capable of resisting 'any kind of electronic war.'
'The important point about these missiles is that they are fully equipped with homing,' Khanzadi said. 
Homing is a missile guidance system in which the missile has all necessary electronics for tracking and-hitting a target.
It said the tests took place during a naval drill by Iran's navy in the Gulf of Oman and Indian Ocean
It said the tests took place during a naval drill by Iran's navy in the Gulf of Oman and Indian Ocean
IIRNA said the missiles' range can be extended but gave no details
 IIRNA said the missiles' range can be extended but gave no details
The news agency said two kinds of missiles were fired, without elaborating, and broadcast images of projectiles being launched from both a truck and a ship, hitting a buoyant target in the sea
 The news agency said two kinds of missiles were fired, without elaborating, and broadcast images of projectiles being launched from both a truck and a ship, hitting a buoyant target in the sea
It means they are of the fire-and-forget type. We fire the missile and the data is on the missile itself, it has various navigation systems built-in.'
The report was the first of a drill since May, when a missile fired during an Iranian training exercise mistakenly struck an Iranian naval vessel instead of its intended target in waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others.
It also comes after a tense naval encounter between Iranian and U.S. forces in the nearby Persian Gulf.
Iran's navy chief, Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, told state TV that the 'homing' c-class cruise missiles have new warheads that can hit targets with high accuracy at a close distance
Iran's navy chief, Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, told state TV that the 'homing' c-class cruise missiles have new warheads that can hit targets with high accuracy at a close distance 
He said the missiles are capable of resisting 'any kind of electronic war'
 He said the missiles are capable of resisting 'any kind of electronic war'
'The important point about these missiles is that they are fully equipped with homing,' Khanzadi said
'The important point about these missiles is that they are fully equipped with homing,' Khanzadi said
In April, the U.S. accused Iran of conducting 'dangerous and harassing' maneuvers near American warships in the northern Persian Gulf. 
Iran also was suspected of briefly seizing a Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker before that.
Iran regularly holds exercises in the Gulf of Oman, which is close to the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of the world's oil trade passes.
The U.S. has been actively campaigning to keep a United Nations arms embargo in place on Iran that is due to expire in November.
President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers two years ago, launching a maximum pressure campaign against Iran that has pushed the archrivals to the verge of conflict.
Homing is a missile guidance system in which the missile has all necessary electronics for tracking and-hitting a target
 Homing is a missile guidance system in which the missile has all necessary electronics for tracking and-hitting a target

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