Iran tests new automatic cannons in war games

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Iran tests new automatic cannons in war games

TEHRAN: Iran tested on Monday new automatic cannons and rocket launchers on the fifth day of war games aimed at showing off its defensive capabilities, the military said.

"The range of cannons and rockets tested today is between 75 kilometres and 120 kilometres and it is the first time that a new generation of automatic cannons with a range of 75 kilometres has been successfully tested," the manoeuvre's spokesman, Brigadier General Ali Fazli, said.

Iran's elite revolutionary guards launched the 10-day war games last Thursday by firing, for the first time in manoeuvres, its longer-range Shahab-3 ballistic missile, triggering widespread international concerns.

The missiles have a range of up to 2,000 kilometres -- sufficient to threaten US bases in the Gulf.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran would "suffer greatly" if it used the weapon in anger while Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz urged the world to act over Iran's ballistic missiles testing.