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Iran test fires new missile (ADDED)

Iran Materials 8 March 2009 17:15 (UTC +04:00)
Iran test fires new missile (ADDED)

Iran test fired a new long-range missile, Xinhua reported according to Iran's English-language television station Press TV reported on Sunday.

"Iran test fires new long range missile," Press TV said in a scrolling headline without giving details.

The Press TV report came less than a week after a top Iranian military commander said that Iranian missiles could now reach Israeli nuclear sites, Reuters reported.

Meanwhile, the Fars news agency reported that Iran said on Sunday it "successfully" tested a new air-to-sea missile with a range of 110 kilometres (68 miles). It did not say when the test was conducted.

"Iranian defence specialists are able to successfully install missiles with a range of 110 kilometres on fighter planes and launch them," the report said, adding that the high-precision weapon weighs about 500 kilos, according to the Fars news.

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