Press TV- A top Iranian commander�says the Islamic Republic has successfully test-fired Hormuz-2�ballistic missile.

Iran "fired Hormuz-2 this week and the missile successfully destroyed a target at a�distance of 250 kilometers,� commander of the Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brig.�Gen.�Amir Ali Hajizadeh�said�Thursday.

Hormuz-2 is a naval strike ballistic missile that can hit mobile targets at sea with high precision. It has a range of almost 300 kilometers.

The missile is very similar to anti-ship Khalij-e-Fars�(Persian Gulf) ballistic�missile in appearance.


[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] The photo shows Iranian anti-ship Khalij-e-Fars (Persian Gulf) ballistic missile. (Photo by Mashreghnews)[/caption]
On Monday, Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan warned that Iran�s defensive military power would�catch the enemies off guard in the event of an�aggression against the Islamic Republic.

The warning came one day after Iran successfully tested the S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system, which the Islamic Republic has purchased from Russia.

Following the test,�Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili, the commander of Iran�s Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base, said the country was designing and manufacturing an indigenous version of the S-300 system, called Bavar-373.
Iran maintains that its military power poses no threat to other countries and that its military doctrine is based on deterrence only.