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Iran tests radar avoiding missile { March 31 2006 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/31/AR2006033100308.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/31/AR2006033100308.html Iran Tests Missile Able to Avoid Radar By ALI AKBAR DAREINI The Associated Press Friday, March 31, 2006; 6:53 AM TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran on Friday successfully test-fired a missile that can avoid radar and hit several targets simultaneously, the airforce chief of the elite Revolutionary Guards said. "Today, a remarkable goal of the Islamic Republic of Iran's defence forces was realized with the successful test-firing of a new missile with greater technical and tactical capabilities than those previously produced," Gen. Hossein Salami said on state-run television. Salami said the Iranian-made missile, which he did not name, was test-fired as large military maneuvers began in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian sea. "This missile can simultaneously hit several targets, has near stealth capabilities with a high maneuverability, pinpoint accuracy and radar avoidance features," Salami said. The general said the range of the missile would depend on the weight of its warhead. "It can avoid anti-missile missiles and strike the target," he said. The television screened a brief clip of the launch of the missile. Iran already has the Shahab-3 missile, which has a range of 1,250 miles and is capable of reaching Israel and U.S. bases in the Middle East. The Shahab-3 is also capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. Last year, former defence minister Ali Shamkhani said that Iran had successfully tested a solid fuel motor for the Shahab-3, a technological breakthrough in Iran's military industries. Iran launched an arms development program during its 1980-88 war with Iraq to compensate for a U.S. weapons embargo. Since 1992, Iran has produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles and a fighter plane. The military maneuvers are scheduled to last a week and will involve 17,000 members of the Revolutionary Guards as well as boats, fighter jets and helicopter gunships. © 2006 The Associated Press

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