TEHRAN, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian navy on Friday fired indigenous coast-to-sea Qader cruise missiles at the ongoing military exercises in the country's southeastern waters.
The missiles, launched from the onshore sites, detonated the naval targets at a distance of 200 km, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, the spokesperson for the Zolfaqar-99 wargame, was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency.
The Iranian navy's cruise missiles have effective warheads with great explosive power and can be used for electronic warfare, said Irani, adding that the navy's coast-to-sea missile systems have been deployed all along the southern coasts of the country.
Iran's army started large-scale drills in the eastern part of the country's southern waters in an area of 2 million square km near the Strait of Hormuz, Makran coasts, Sea of Oman, and north of the Indian Ocean, on Thursday.
Naval forces as well as air defense, air forces, and ground forces of the army have contributed to the three-day exercises.
Both surface and submarine vessels, aerial units of the army's naval and air forces, as well as radar and missile systems of the Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base, ground forces and fighter jets have participated in the drills, according to official IRNA news agency. Enditem
