Iran successfully launches missile with 2,000 km range: report
16:34, 21 May 2009
TEHRAN. May 21. KAZINFORM Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that the country successfully launched an advanced surface-to-surface missile with a range of about 2,000 km., the official IRNA news agency reported; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
Ahmadinejad made the announcement during his visit to the northern Iranian province of Semnan, where the Sejil 2 missile was launched, IRNA reported.
"The Sejil 2 missile has high technology ... and exactly landed in the pre-planned target," he was quoted as saying.
The Sejil missiles use solid fuel and perform in two stages, which is different from the country's already tested Shehab missiles that utilize liquid fuel and perform in one stage, according to the report.
In November, Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar announced that the Islamic Republic has successfully test-fired a new generation of surface-to-surface missile, named Sejil; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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