IRANS REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS UNVEIL LONG-RANGE CRUISE MISSILE

The Aerospace Force of the Iranian The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has fielded a new long-range cruise missile, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh announced on February 24. Speaking on Iranian state television, the senior commander said that the ground-launched cruise missile has a range of 1,650 kilometers. The missile was named Paveh to commemorate Iranian troops who died while fighting in Iran’s Kurdistan province during the war with Iraq.