TEHRAN - Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari announced that the country’s homegrown long-range cruise missile dubbed “Qadir” is planned to be upgraded.

“Qadir is the latest series of advanced missiles in our possession, but the missiles will be upgraded and we will achieve new missiles year by year,” Rear Admiral Sayyari told the Tasnim News Agency on Saturday.

He further emphasized that the Iranian Navy has equipped its destroyers with the state-of-the-art cruise missiles, including Qadir.

In a ceremony earlier on November 29, the Defense Ministry delivered a large cargo of the homegrown missile, Qadir, to the Navy. The naval missile enjoys a range of 300 km.

Qadir can be prepared rapidly for launch, flies in low altitudes with high navigation capabilities, hits targets with great precision and destructive power, and suits for electronic warfare. It can be launched even from a helicopter.

Videos of testing Qadir show it identifying and annihilating a naval target at a distance of 300 kilometers away from the coast.


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