{"id":209017,"date":"2020-06-19T06:39:15","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T06:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=209017"},"modified":"2020-06-23T07:14:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T07:14:12","slug":"iran-navy-successfully-test-fires-new-generation-cruise-missiles-during-drills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=209017","title":{"rendered":"Iran Navy successfully test-fires new-generation cruise missiles during drills"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Press TV \u2013 June 18, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_209018\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-long-range-missiles-successfully-hit-their-target-at-a-range-of-280-kilometres.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209018\" class=\"wp-image-209018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-long-range-missiles-successfully-hit-their-target-at-a-range-of-280-kilometres-768x432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-long-range-missiles-successfully-hit-their-target-at-a-range-of-280-kilometres-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-long-range-missiles-successfully-hit-their-target-at-a-range-of-280-kilometres-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-long-range-missiles-successfully-hit-their-target-at-a-range-of-280-kilometres.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-209018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The longer range missiles successfully hit their target at a range of 280 kilometres. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Iran\u2019s naval forces have successfully tested new-generation cruise missiles \u2014 designed and developed by experts at home \u2014 during military drills in the Sea of Oman and the northern Indian Ocean.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">During the maneuvers on Thursday, the long-range and short-range missiles were successfully fired from the coast and from decks of ships, hitting the designated targets with high accuracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The coast-to-sea and sea-to-sea missiles were produced by experts at Iran\u2019s Ministry of Defense in cooperation with the Navy, according to the report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">At the end of the maneuvers, Deputy Chief of Army for Coordination Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari described the successful launch of new cruise missiles as a promising step toward further upliftment of the country\u2019s defense and deterrence power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">He added that Iran will continue to march toward self-sufficiency and becoming needless of foreign military equipment despite brutal sanctions imposed on the country, adding that \u201csuccessful test-firing of long-range missiles is a sign of remarkable progress in boosting synergy between the armed forces and defense industries.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi also noted that production of new home-grown missiles by the Iranian experts will better equip the Islamic Republic to handle any threat against the Islamic establishment and the Iranian people while strengthening a sense of self-reliance in the Iranian Armed Forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/492266-iran-navy-missile-test\/video\/5eeba9e920302749e8544d5e\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2020\/06\/18\/627722\/Iran-Navy-Cruise-Missiles-Sea-of-Oman-Indian-Ocean\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New generations of Iranian anti-ship missiles accurately hit targets at a distance of 280 kilometres  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=209017"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209033,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209017\/revisions\/209033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=209017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=209017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=209017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}