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As part of Iran's annual revolution celebrations, a time traditionally marked by new technological and military advances, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled locally-made satellites while a senior commander showed off mass produced missiles.

08 February,2011 08:13 pm

Ahmadinejad said in a speech that the satellites were for scientific purposes. The chief commander of the Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Ali Jafari, said the new mass-produced missile would be able to target enemies at sea. Official news agency IRNA quoted Jafari as saying that the missiles speed was three times greater than the speed of sound and that it could not be traced and deactivated by enemies.Iranian state television broadcast on Tuesday what it said was a test missile strike against a ship, showing the vessel being destroyed at sea by the projectile. The broadcast came the day after Iran unveiled new missile and satellite technology, and told its enemies it had complete domination of the entrance to the oil-rich Gulf.