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Monday, July 26, 2010
IRGC Commander: Iran Able to Mass-Produce Ballistic Missiles

IRGC Commander: Iran Able to Mass-Produce Ballistic Missiles
News number: 890503163919:43 | 2010-07-25Defence
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905031639

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps
(IRGC) announced on Sunday that Iran is now capable of mass-producing its
home-made ballistic missiles.

"We have reached a never-ending point in (increasing) the quantity of
ballistic missiles," IRGC Lieutenant Commander General Hossein Salami said,
noting that Iran has made great progresses in this area based on its
home-grown capabilities and capacities.

Salami also reiterated that Iran has taken giant strides in building
air-defense systems in recent years.

Tehran launched an arms development program during the 1980-88 Iraqi imposed
war on Iran, to compensate for a US weapons embargo. Since 1992, Iran has
produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles and fighter
planes.

The Iranian Defense Ministry's Aerospace Organization has made great
achievements in designing and producing missiles, including the
surface-to-surface solid-fuel Sejjil missiles, the long-range Shahab-3
ballistic missile which has a range of up to 2,000 km, and Zelzal and Fateh
missiles.

The solid-fuel, two-stage Sejjil missile with two engines, is capable of
reaching a very high altitude and therefore has a longer range than that of
the Shahab 3 model. Sejjil missiles are considered as the third generation
of Iran-made long-range missiles.

Iran successfully tested the second generation of Sejjil missiles and
brought it into mass production last year.

Also the country has recently boosted efforts to reinvigorate its air
defense units. The Iranian Defense Industries in May inaugurated production
line of a powerful missile defense shield to destroy incoming cruise
missiles.

"Mesbah (Lantern) 1 air-defense system has been designed and built to
counter air attacks, different kinds of airplanes, cruise missiles, choppers
and other air threats in low altitudes," Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier
General Ahmad Vahidi said at a ceremony in May to mark production of Mesbah
air-defense system.

"The defense system has been designed on the basis of increasing the volume
of fire and controlling it by a reliable system," Vahidi added, elaborating
on the production of Mesbah system.

Vahidi reminded that the Mesbah 1 missile shield is also capable of tracing
and intercepting Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAVs).

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