Alwaght- Iranian forces have has successfully test-fired a high precision ballistic missile capable of hitting mobile targets at sea.
Speaking on Thursday, the commander of the Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh revealed that Iran "fired Hormuz-2 this week and the missile successfully destroyed a target at a distance of 250 kilometers.”
Hormuz-2 is a high-tech naval strike ballistic missile that can hit mobile targets at sea with high precision. The missile, with a range of almost 300 kilometers, has been indigenously developed by Iranian military experts as part of the country's strategy to boost its defense and deterrence capabilities.
The news of this test comes days after Iran's defense minister Brigadier General Hussein Dehqan said that the country was focusing on defense projects that would guarantee the country’s victory in case of a confrontation. He added that the Islamic Republic was fully capable of identifying and foiling potential threats.
Iran has managed to attain self-sufficiency in manufacturing necessary military equipment in line with its policy to boost defensive capabilities against potential threats.
The US has opposed Iran missile tests claiming they are contrary to UN Security Council resolutions. Iran has on several occasion reaffirmed that its missiles are a mere means of defending the nation against enemy threats and do not violate the nuclear agreement it reached with the P5+1 group of countries. The nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed in July 2015 between Tehran and the P5+1 group – Russia, China, France, Britain, the US and Germany.
Resolution 2231 was adopted on July 20, 2015 to endorse a landmark nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), signed between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries.
Under the resolution, Iran is “called upon” not to undertake any activity related to missiles “designed to be capable of” delivering nuclear weapons. Iran says it is not involved in any such missile work and has no such warheads.
Iran maintains the country’s ballistic missile tests are not inconsistent with the UNSC resolution as they are not designed to carry nuclear warheads.
Last January Russia said ballistic missile tests by Iran does not contravene a United Nations resolution on Tehran’s nuclear program. “Such actions, if they took place, do not breach the resolution,” Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said adding that demands by US for UN meeting on the tests were aimed at “heating up the situation”.
