Iran strengthens defence capabilities with new short-range ballistic missile

Iran yesterday revealed a new generation of short-range ballistic missile in a move aimed at strengthening the republic’s defence capabilities, local media reported.

Iranian Defence Minister, Brigadier General Amir Hatami, who revealed the new missile said: “As I had promised the Iranian nation, I will spare no effort to boost the country’s missile capabilities and we will certainly increase our missile power everyday” Iranian reported.

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“Nothing can stand in the face of this missile,” Hatami said, according to the semi-official news agency Tasnim, adding that the new version of Fateh-e Mobin was an “agile, radar-evading and tactical missile with pinpoint accuracy”.

Meanwhile, US officials told Fox News that Iran tested a Fateh-110 missile during naval exercises conducted in the Strait of Hormuz last week.

The Iron Dome, Israeli military systems which intercept missiles – Cartoon [Sabaaneh/MiddleEastMonitor]