Iran test-fires new generation long-range missile

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Improved accuracyAnthony Cordesman, a researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, wrote in October last year that the Emad was a variant of Iran's existing Shahab-3 long-range missile, "But with a maneuvering reentry vehicle to improve system accuracy and complicate missile defense."

Tehran has focused on developing its missile capability, and now boasts the "Largest and most diverse ballistic missile arsenal in the Middle East," according to Elleman.

When Tehran announced in February last year that it had successfully test-fired a laser-guided surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missile and a long-range ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads, the Pentagon spokesman at the time, Adm.


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