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TEHRAN (Reuters): Iran's Revolutionary Guards test fired missiles in wargames on Thursday which a commander said could sink “big warships” in the Gulf, Sea of Oman and the north of the Indian Ocean, the state broadcaster said.
Iran is at loggerheads with the United States over its disputed nuclear programme and what Washington calls its meddling in Iraq. The United States has ordered a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf to step up pressure on Iran.
“These missiles, with a maximum range of 350 km, can hit different kinds of big warships in all of the Persian Gulf, all of the Sea of Oman and the north of the Indian Ocean,” senior Revolutionary Guards naval commander Ali Fadavi said.
Fadavi was also quoted by the state broadcaster's Web site as saying that the warhead of this missile had the capacity to sink “all kinds of big warships”.
State television reported that the missile tests, staged on the second day of wargames by the Guards' naval and air units, were “to show that Iran is able to confront any possible threats.”
