(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Tehran April 27 - The deputy commander of the Iranian ground forces Brigadier General Heydari Kiyomrt has announced that the ground forces have tested two models of a new medium-range missiles.
Heydari said in a statement quoted by Al-Alam news channel Sunday that a set of new rockets were designed to be manufactured for the ground force of the Army of the Islamic Republic.
He added that the laboratory production of these missiles had been test launched two models of them pointing out that there are other stages the missiles must pass to be completed.
For his part Iran's Ground Force has test-fired new mid-range ballistic missiles Commander of the Army Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan announced on Sunday.
"A series of new missiles have been designed to be built by the Army's Ground Force" Pourdastan told FNA. "The laboratory production of these missiles has started and one or two samples have been test-fired" he added.
Pourdastan said that the new missiles have higher range and quality compared with Naze'at-10 medium-range ballistic missiles.
Noting that the Ground Force is building the missiles in cooperation with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)'s Aerospace Force he said that the new missiles will be unveiled and used in the form of a new class of missiles.
In recent years Iran has made great achievements in its defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing essential military equipment and systems.
Tehran launched an arms development program during the 1980-88 Iraqi imposed war on Iran to compensate for a US weapons embargo. Since 1992 Iran has produced its own tanks armored personnel carriers missiles and fighter planes.
Yet Iranian officials have always stressed that the country's military and arms programs serve defensive purposes and should not be perceived as a threat to any other country.
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