Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps yesterday successfully
test-fired two types of home-made missiles during military exercises, the local
Fars news agency reported.
The Zalzal and Fajr-5 missiles were fired by the military units subordinate
to the Revolutionary Guards' ground forces, Commander of the Revolutionary
Guards' missile unit Brigadier General Majeed Ayineh said.
Fajr-5 has a range of around 75 km while Zalzal has a range of100 to 400 km,
according to the Fars report.
The Revolutionary Guards started from Sunday a five-day military maneuver,
the first after the UN Security Council issued sanctions against the country's
nuclear program last December.
The war game came against the backdrop that the United States deployed its
second aircraft carrier to the Gulf region recently.
Iran has regularly launched large-scale war games since the nuclear issue
became the spotlight in the world three years ago.
Last November, Iran staged a 10-day military maneuver dubbed "The Great
Prophet 2", during which the Revolutionary Guards test-fired ballistic Shahab-3
missiles with a range of more than 2,000km.
