Iran is producing its first stealth missile, a rocket that can evade electronic detection, the Iranian Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The missile, named Kowsar after a river in paradise, will be capable of hitting ships and aircraft, Defense Ministry spokesman Mohammad Reza Imani told The Associated Press. | A combination surface-to-air and anti-shipping stealth missile, is there nothing they can't learn from the Koran? |
He refused to give the missile’s range or provide other details. Features of the Kowsar, such as its guidance and positioning systems, are currently on show at an exhibition in Tehran that is open only to select government officials. | Private showing, black turbans only. |
Iranian state television announced the Kowsar Tuesday while screening pictures of a missile flying through the air. Iran manufactures various missiles, chief among them the Shahab-3 whose range of 1,300 kilometres makes it capable of reaching Israel. |