Iran

  12 May 2015    Read: 1167
Iran
Iranian army`s ground force will hold a military drill in current month to test its missile power capacities, Commander of the Army`s Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said.
The military exercise dubbed "Beit ol-Moqaddas 27" will take place in Iran`s central province of Esfahan on May 23-24, Pourdastan said, the country’s official IRNA news agency reported May 12.

“Rocket and missile capabilities of the army`s ground force are improved, the commander said, adding the capabilities will be evaluated in the two-day exercise.

Tehran held a similar drill last May and tested a series of its newest domestically-made missiles.

Iranian media outlets report that Iran has made great achievements in its defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing essential military equipment and systems in recent years.

Tehran established an arms development program during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s to counter the weapons embargo imposed on it by the U.S. and its Western allies.

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