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Iran Navy test-fires advanced torpedo

Politics Materials 30 January 2016 13:04 (UTC +04:00)
The Iranian Navy has test-fired advanced torpedo (cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile) its from submarines, Fars news agency reported
Iran Navy test-fires advanced torpedo

Tehran, Iran, January 30

By Mehdi Sepahvand - Trend:

The Iranian Navy has test-fired advanced torpedo (cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile) its from submarines, Fars news agency reported.

On the fourth day of the maritime drills named 'Velayat-94', Iranian forces also launched torpedoes from its Jamaran destroyer.

Iran's navy also enabled its light submarine dubbed Qadir and a heavy submarine dubbed Tariq to follow and target moving objectives. Further, Iran's AB212 helicopter, equipped with rocket-launcher and machine gun, performed the precise-targeting missions.

The naval drills cover an area of around 3 million square kilometers, down to the 10-degrees latitude, north of the Indian Ocean.

A day earlier, the Iranian Navy test-fired several coast-to-sea and sea-to-sea cruise missiles named "Nour" (Light) with a range of 150 km during a massive naval drill underway in southeastern coasts of Makran, east of Strait of Hormuz.

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