Iran has ballistic missiles capable of hitting moving ships - general

The chief of staff of the armed forces, Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, has said Iran is "mass-producing" technology that would allow ballistic missiles to strike moving naval vessels.

Iran's "successful test" of the technology made it one of only three countries to possess this capability, Baqeri said on March 6, according to the Tasnim news agency.

He said that with an alleged speed in excess of Mach 8 and a range of 1,500 km, the missiles would "create substantial security in the surrounding oceans up to a range of more than a thousand kilometres".

Aircraft carriers and other vessels within that radius "would not have security," the general added.

Earlier, the head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force, Brigadier General Ali Hajizadeh, announced that the Paveh cruise missile had a range of 1,650 km.