Iran tests short-range missile with 250 kilometers range
Aug. 20, 2006

surface short-range missile, while a military training plane crashed outside the capital Tehran after catching fire, state-run television reported Sunday.

The missile testing came a day after Iran launched a series of large-scale military maneuvers geared at introducing the country's new defensive doctrine. "Saegheh, the missile, has a range of between 80 to 250 kilometers," state-run television said. It said the missile was tested in the Kashan desert, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) southeast of the capital of Tehran. Saegheh means lightning in Farsi. Authorities said the military plane that crashed on Sunday after catching fire was not taking part in the maneuvers. It did not elaborate. The broadcast said the plane was making an emergency landing on a highway in northeast Tehran but it crashed after a wing of the plane hit a water reservoir and burst into flames. The television said the only pilot in the plane parachuted safely.

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