6th Days of Drills: Iran Tests Long Range Missiles, Warns 30 Spy Drones

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Iranian naval forces have successfully test fired Qader [Capable] coast-to-sea and Nour [Light] surface-to-surface missiles on the fifth day of the Velayat 91 military drills.

In an interview with Press TV, spokesman for the Velayat 91 naval drill Rear Admiral Amir Rastegari stressed that "Qader cruise missile had successfully and precisely hit and destroyed its mock enemy target during the exercises."
"Qader coast-to-sea missile has been designed and produced by domestic industries," the Iranian commander added.

Referring to the indigenous long-range Nour missile, Rastegari said, "Nour surface-to-surface missile is launched from surface units and is used to destroy surface targets."
"Nour missile had previously passed all its tests with success and the new version is an optimized version of this missile," the Iranian commander added.
On another level, Rastegari noted that Iranian forces have so far stopped 30 intrusion attempts by foreign spy drones and reconnaissance aircraft into the maneuver zone.
"Different types of reconnaissance and spy aircraft that were attempting to enter the maneuver zone to spy and gather information, faced warnings from the Navy surface units and Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base," he unveiled.

Rastegari stated that Iranian forces have also issued warnings on several occasions to trans-regional vessels that were attempting to get close to the exercise zone.
This comes as Iran's Navy launched the six-day naval maneuvers on December 28 in order to display the country's capabilities in defending its maritime borders.
The specialized maritime drills covers an area from "east of the Strait of Hormuz in the Sea of Oman and north of the Indian Ocean as far as the 18th parallel north," according to Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari.

On the fourth day of the major military exercises, Iranian Navy forces successfully test-fired the latest version of the indigenous surface-to-air missile Ra'd [Thunder] and launched its indigenous short-range cruise missile Nasr [Victory].
For his part, Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli said "laboratory tests" are underway on subsystems of the long-range Bavar 373 air-defense system.

"We are in good status in this regards and the Defense Ministry and Khatam ol-Anbia base are pursuing the project," Esmayeeli continued.
It is worth mentioning that the tested missile is an Iranian version of the sophisticated S-300 long-range air-defense missile system.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org