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Iran Test Launches Sub-to-Surface Missile

August 27, 2006 :: AP :: News

Iran test launched a new submarine-to-surface missile today during war games in the Persian Gulf. The missile, called Thaqeb or Saturn, was shown in a video clip as exiting the water and hitting a target on the water’s surface within less than a mile. General Sajjad Kouchaki, the Iranian Navy Commander, said on Iranian state-run television that the Thaqeb could be fired from any vessel and could escape enemy radar. He added that the missile was based on domestic know-how, although outside experts say much of the country’s missile technology originated from other countries like Russia and China. Kouchaki did not give the weapon’s range, or its intended warhead. (Article)

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