TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported Thursday
that the country’s Revolutionary Guard has successfully tested another
ballistic missile, while boasting that Iran’s efforts to build a
“better” home-made version of the Russian S-300 defense system were well
on their way.
The Fars report quotes Gen. Amir Ali
Hajizadeh, chief of the Guard’s airspace division, as saying the missile
destroyed a target from a distance of 250 kilometers (155 miles). The
report said the sea-launched ballistic missile dubbed Hormoz 2 was
tested last week, providing no additional details.
Fars also quoted Major General Ataollah Salehi
saying that Iran was “capable of building our needed equipment and we
have built and are building a system better than the S-300”.
The operational readiness of the system, dubbed as Bavar (Belief) 373, will be tested in late May, according to the report.
The Times of Israel
