DUBAI -- Iran has successfully test-fired a new short-range missile equipped with a guidance system that it plans to install on all future missiles it builds, Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Saturday. "With the fourth-generation of the Fateh 110, the armed forces of our country are able to target and destroy land and sea targets, enemy headquarters ... missile seats, ammunition sites, radars and other points," Vahidi said in quotes carried by Islamic Republic News Agency.
The Fateh 110 has a range of around 180 miles, IRNA reported, meaning it would only be able to strike Iran's immediate neighbors.
"Using new guidance methods, target-striking systems were installed on the missiles and during the flight test... its ability to hit the target without deviation was proven," Vahidi said according to IRNA. "In future programs all future missiles built by the Defense Ministry will be equipped with this capability."
Vahidi also said the missile was intended as a defensive weapon. "These capabilities are defensive and would only be used against aggressors and those who threaten the country's interests and territorial integrity," he said.
