Missile can hit multiple targets, claims Iran

IRAN successfully test-fired a missile that can avoid radar and hit several targets simultaneously using multiple warheads, the country's military said yesterday.

General Hossein Salami, the air force chief of the elite Revolutionary Guards, did not specify the missile's range, saying it depends on the weight of its warheads.

But state-run television described the weapon as "ballistic" - suggesting it is of comparable range to Iran's existing ballistic rocket, which can travel 2,010 kilometres and reach Israel and US bases in the Middle East.