Iran Fires Home-Made Anti-Armor Missiles in Military Drills

The Iranian Ground Force successfully fired home-made high-precision missiles, ‘Toufan (Hurricane)’ and Dehlaviyeh, during the military drills underway in Southern Iran on Friday.
The anti-armor Toufan and Dehlaviyeh missiles successfully hit and destroyed their targets during the wargames in the Southern and Southeastern parts of the country.

Toufan was fired both from land and helicopters during the drills. Dehlaviyeh is a laser-guided anti-armor missile capable of hitting mobile and stationary targets exactly like its foreign version which is AGM-114 Hellfire.

“The high-precision Toufan missile with a range of 4km can both be used as a land-based missile and be fired from helicopters during the wargames,” Iranian Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Pourdastan told FNA on Thursday.

Different units of the Iranian Army started massive military drills in the Southern and Southeastern parts of the country on Thursday.

The six-day military exercises codenamed Mohammad Rasoulallah (PBUH) will cover an area of 2.2 million square kilometers from the East of the Strait of Hormuz to the Southern parts of the Gulf of Aden.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran’s might will be displayed in joint wargames, named Mohammad Rasoulallah , by the Army’s Ground, Naval and Air Forces and with the support of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base,” Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari announced on Tuesday.

Sayyari said the Naval Forces would use different types of military equipment and weapons in the exercises to show Iran’s power in water.

The Iranian commander added that various types of warships, destroyers, submarines, missiles, aircraft and helicopters would be used in the drills in a show of Iran’s naval might and power.