Iran is producing its first stealth missile, a rocket that can evade electronic detection, the Iranian Defense Ministry said Tuesday while withholding its range.
The missile, named Kowsar after a river in Muslim descriptions of paradise, will be capable of hitting ships and aircraft, Defense Ministry spokesman Mohammad Reza Imani told The Associated Press.
He refused to give the missile’s range or provide other details. Features of the Kowsar, such as its guidance and positioning systems, are currently on show at an exhibition in Tehran that is open only to select government officials.
Iranian state television announced the Kowsar Tuesday while screening pictures of a missile flying through the air.
Iran manufactures various missiles, chief among them the Shahab 3, whose range of 810 miles (1,300 kilometers) makes it capable of reaching Israel.
Iran also produces tanks, armored personnel carriers, and a fighter plane.
The Kowsar river is mentioned in the Quran, Islam’s holy book.