Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 27
By Fatih Karimov – Trend:
Iran has no missile with range of more than 2,000 kilometres, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force, said.
The Islamic Republic does not need missiles with range over 2,000 kilometers, Hajizadeh said, Press TV reported Sept. 27.
Hajizadeh said that the farthest Iran needs its missiles to go is Israel, adding that Iran has the missiles to hit the Israeli targets.
Hajizadeh further said that the IRGC forces will be supplied with a large number of various types of Zolfaqar ballistic missiles by March 2017.
Iran's defense ministry launched a production line for Zolfaqar, its most recent ballistic missile on Sept. 25. The solid-fuel surface-to-surface missile can destroy targets in distances up to 700 kilometres in range.
The radar-evading missile enjoys high level of precision-striking power and self-propelled launcher. The missile carries a multiple re-entry vehicle (MRV) payload.
A multiple reentry vehicle payload for a ballistic missile deploys multiple warheads in a pattern against a single target. The advantage of an MRV over a single warhead is that the damage produced in the center of the pattern is far greater than the damage possible from any single warhead in the MRV cluster, this makes for an efficient area attack weapon.