Iran Successfully Test-Fires Two stage Sejjil 2 Missile

FARS NEWS AGENCY: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Wednesday that the country has successfully test-fired a new missile called Sejjil 2, underlining that the advancement would highly increase the country's deterrent power. Addressing a large and fervent congregation of people in Iran's eastern province of Semnan, Ahmadinejad said when he and his cabinet ministers were on the flight to Semnan, the defense minister told him on the phone that "we have launched a Sejjil-2 missile, which enjoys a very advanced technology, from Semnan and it has struck the intended target"."The Sejjil missiles are among multi-stage missiles which move fast and are able to go into space then come back and hit the target. It works on solid fuel," Ahmadinejad added to cheers from the crowd.He did not specify the missile's range.The Defense Minister Mohammad Mostafa Najjar said on November 12 that Iran had test-fired a new generation of ground-to-ground missiles.Iran successfully test fired a new generation of ground-to-ground missile called "Sejjil" on November 12. Sejjil is a two-stage missile that carries two engines and burns combined solid fuel.Prior to the test, Iran's missile capability was measured by its medium-range ballistic missile known as the Shahab-3, which means "shooting star" in Farsi, with a range of at least 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) which was improved and promoted to 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) in 2005.Iran's Shahab-3 missile has been known to use liquid fuel. Missiles using liquid fuel are less accurate than those using solid fuel.

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