Iran starts war games to test missiles
January 23, 2007 - 0:0
TEHRAN (Reuters) -- Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched war-games in central Iran on Monday and said they would test two models of home-made missiles, state radio reported.
"In the four-day long missile war-games in Garmsar area, the Zelzal-1 and Fajr-5 missiles will be tested," state radio quoted a Guards spokesman saying.
Garmsar is a small city located 100km (63 miles) southeast of Tehran, adjacent to the unpopulated Garmsar desert.
The Guards have in the past demonstrated and test fired many Iranian-made missiles.
The report said Zelzal-1 had a range of more than 350km (220 miles) and Fajr-5 could hit targets more than 70km (44 miles).