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Iran launches cruise missiles, US bases in range

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The missile designed for sea targets was put on display at a defence marine show.

Iran unveiled a new cruise missile which it said has the capability to strike at warships at a range of 200 kms, including US bases in the Persian Gulf region.The missile called “Qader” (Able) is built indigenously by Iranian scientists and has a high destructive ability against coastal targets and warships, the state run TV said. It said that the president also made public a new torpedo system called “Valfair”, fired from submarine. Both the weapon systems were tested successfully.Iran now claims it has an array of short and medium range ballistic missile capable of reaching targets at almost every end of the strategic Persian Gulf, including US bases of the region.In January, the Defence Ministry delivered new cruise missile systems to the Navy, which are capable of spotting and destroying various targets at sea.
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