Original upload date: Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Wed, 01 Dec 2021 15:05:14 GMT
Iran has successfully test-launched its new deterrent missile, Sejjil 2, pushing forward its long-term defense program.
The 2000-km-range surface-to-surface missile was launched in the central Irania
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n province of Semnan on Wednesday.
Unlike Iran's Shahab 3 missile, which burns a liquid, the new Sejjil 2 model is solid-fueled. This characteristic gives the missile greater deterrence power as it lowers the time needed to prepare for launch.
Sejjil 2, first tested eight months ago, is also more accurate than the Shahab 3.
In comments made days before the launch of Sejjil 2, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the missile was produced in line with Tehran's "deterrence policy".
