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Iran has test fired a new anti-ship missile – Nour – from its first indigenously-built guided missile destroyer Jamaran in the Persian Gulf, according to a news report. The surface-to-surface missile was launched on Tuesday and successfully hit its target at a distance of 100 kilometers, Press TV reported. The country plans to develop the missile further by extending its range by up to 300 kilometers, the report said. The Jamaran warship, from which the missile was test-launched, was commissioned in the Iranian Navy in February this year. The multi-mission destroyer is equipped with several anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles. It...

An Iranian naval commander says the Navy will be adding a second domestically manufactured destroyer to its fleet some time in the next two years. Commodore Amir Rastegari, who heads the Navy's industrial command, made the announcement hours after Iran launched its first locally-made 1,420 ton Jamaran destroyer, equipped with a variety of anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles. "Work continues on a new destroyer. In the next two years, a second Iranian manufactured vessel will be delivered to the Navy," he said. Rastegari added that the Jamaran destroyer was completed in spite of Western efforts to hinder its manufacturing process. "The...