Tehran, January 11: Iran’s missile strike capabilities is well beyond what ”the enemy can imagine”, Tehran said in an indirect warning against any planned attack against the country by the West.
Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi highlighted the deterrence capability of Iran’s ballistic missiles and warned enemies against taking any military action against the Islamic Republic. In an address to a group of commanders and personnel of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in Tehran yesterday, Vahidi said Iran’s deterrent power, in terms of missile capabilities, is beyond what the enemy can imagine, Iranian news agency Press TV said.
”Despite the smear campaign and the poisonous propaganda atmosphere that the enemies seek to create to influence public opinion, Iran’s deterrent power is intended to guarantee national and regional security and also to repulse any possible attack by the arch-foes of the Islamic system,” Vahidi stated. Iran has acquired expertise in missile production at a rapid pace over the past few years, and thus conducts frequent exercises to test-fire the latest prototypes.
Iran successfully tested the second generation of the Sejjil missile and brought it into mass production in December. The solid-fuel, two-stage Sejjil-2 missile has a longer range than the Shahab-3 missile, which can reach targets 2,000 km away. In the past, Iran has warned that it will also attack US allies in the region if it is targeted by the West in any military confrontation.
—Agencies