TEHRAN, April 5: Iran said on Wednesday it had successfully test-fired a ‘top secret’ missile, the third within a week, the state-run television reported. The report called the missile an ‘ultra-horizon’ weapon and said it could be fired from all military helicopters and jet fighters. A brief video clip showed the missile, fired from a helicopter, hitting a target on the surface of the water.

The tests come during war games being held by the elite Revolutionary Guards in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea since Friday.

The television broadcast called the test a ‘turning point’ in Iran’s missile tests. It said the new missile does not require the OTHT (over the horizon targeting) system.—AP