Iran Fails In Missile Launch Test From Submarine: US Officials

Iran made an unsuccessful missile launch attempt from a submarine early Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz, the US Defense officials said.

The Yono-class submarine attempted to launch a cruise missile but failed, the military official was quoted as saying by VOA on Wednesday.

The latest Iranian action follows an incident last week where a US Navy guided-missile destroyer fired a warning flare toward an Iranian military vessel in the Persian Gulf.

It is not clear if Tuesday’s test was the first time that Iran had attempted to launch a missile underwater from a submarine. In February, Iran claimed it was successful in a similar test.

A set of ballistic missile tests carried out by Iran in early March infuriated Washington, when Iran announced it had successfully fired the Hormuz-2 naval missile capable of hitting targets within a range of 300 kilometers (180 miles). The US rolled out new sanctions against the Islamic Republic in turn.