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19:51 - 2010-05-12

Iranian Army Wraps up Naval Drills

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Nour (Light) is a long-range anti-ship cruise missile launched from a wide variety of platforms
The Army test-fired different types of newly-developed missiles and torpedoes and tested a large number of home-made weapons, tools and equipments, including submarines, military ships, artillery, choppers, aircraft, UAVs and air defense and electronic systems in the massive military drills
Nour missiles can boost the Iranian forces' military power in confrontations against enemy troops
The Iranian Army test-fired hi-tech missiles during the massive naval wargames
The Iranian Army test-fired a wide range of hi-tech and newly updated missiles and weapons in the wargames
Vellayat 89 wargames were carried out in an area measuring 250,000 sq/km from the Strait of Hormuz to the Pakistani and Indian coasts
Iranian officials have always stressed that the country's military and arms programs serve defensive purposes and should not be perceived as a threat to any other country
Officials stress that the Iranian Army is fully ready to confront any kind of foreign threats with ultimate power and might
The Iranian Army test-fires hi-tech Nour missiles during the massive naval wargames
The Nour (Light) surface-to-surface missiles successfully hit their specified targets during Vellayat 89 wargames
Navy units managed to deploy in specified spots in the shortest time possible, displaying their full combat preparedness and capabilities
The Iranian Navy's Khark Destroyer
Commander of the Iranian Army Major General Ataollah Salehi announced that the country has already equipped all its naval vessels with home-made missiles
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi speaking with a foreign observers
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said that active presence of foreign military observers in the recent naval wargames of the Iranian Army defused enemies' plots for sowing discord in the region
Khark's cockpit
Navy's Alborz frigate firing Iran-made Nour missile
The Iranian Navy equipped its vessels with a newly-manufactured anti-ship cruise missile in the exercises
Officials stress that the Iranian Army is fully ready to confront any kind of foreign threats with ultimate power and might
Navy's Alborz frigate firing Iran-made Nour missile
The massive military maneuver demonstrated the Islamic Republic of Iran's mighty presence in the Persian Gulf, Oman Sea and northern Indian Ocean, Army officials say
Iran's Nour (Light) anti-ship cruise missile
The Iranian Army test-fires long-range Nour cruise missile
Iran's home-made destroyer, 'Jamaran', successfully test-fires powerful and intelligent 'Nour' missile in the drills
The Iranian Navy has equipped its vessels with different newly-manufactured anti-ship cruise missile, including Nour