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Iran’s IRGC launches combined missile, drone drills in central desert
By IANS| Posted by Neha | Published: 16th January 2021 10:34 pm IST
Tehran: Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) kicked off a combined missile and drone drills in the central desert area of the country, Tasnim news agency reported.
In the first stage of the drills, codenamed Great Prophet-15, the IRGC fired massive surface-to-surface ballistic missile, and the bomb-laden drones carried out operations, said the report on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.
The combined attack was carried out on the hypothetical enemy’s base and all of the designated targets were destroyed, it said.
2021-01-15 10:35:14 GMT2021-01-15 18:35:14(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) Iran s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Friday kicked off a combined missile and drone drills in the central desert area of the country, Tasnim news agency reported.
In the first stage of the drills, codenamed Great Prophet-15, the IRGC fired massive surface-to-surface ballistic missile, and the bomb-laden drones carried out operations, said the report.
The combined attack was carried out on the hypothetical enemy s base and all of the designated targets were destroyed, it said.
The new generation of the missiles are equipped with detachable warheads and have the ability to be guided out of the atmosphere.