Iran: IRGC Naval Forces To Be Armed With 2,000-Km-Range Cruise Missiles in Close Future

Chief Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami says the naval units of his forces will be armed with cruise missiles with an operational range of up to 2,000 kilometers and capable of targeting moving vessels in the near future. During a Friday visit to IRGC naval units based in the Persian Gulf islands and the Strait of Hormuz, Major General Salami hailed the IRGC navy’s defensive and offensive capabilities, especially in the field of navigation, and said the force has made a great achievement by increasing the velocity of its speedboats to nearly one…