February 6, 2010 5:57 PM

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Iran opens two new missile production plants

Iran has opened two new missile production plants ton Saturday, just three days after Iran fired a rocket carrying live animals into space. The state television reported that the plants will produce ground-to-air missile, dubbed the Qaem meaning Rising and surface-to-surface missile dubbed Toofan (Storm) 5. The Qaem is designed to target helicopters at low and medium altitudes, it added. Iran unveiled the new plants as part of its celebrations for the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution later this month. Iran's missile and space programmes have sparked mounting alarm in the West amid fears that a command of advanced ballistics technologies combined with the nuclear know-how acquired from its declared civilian programme may enable it to produce atomic weapon with delivery system.

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