Iran to Test Fire e Qassed-2 Guided-Bomb

ran's air force will soon test a new version of a 2000-pound guided-bomb, a top Iranian military commander said."The 2000-pound Qassed-1 guided-bomb has been mass produced and given to the Air Force ... its new version will be test fired soon," the semi-official Fars news agency quoted Air Force commander-in-chief Hassan Shahsafi as saying."The Qassed-2 has a longer range, more accuracy and enjoys more explosive power than its older version," Shahsafi said.The Qassed (Herald) bomb was first test-fired in 2006 during a large-scale military exercise in Iran.........................................Reuters

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