IRAN: Iran test fires torpedo in key Gulf oil nexus
published: Tuesday | April 4, 2006

TEHRAN (REUTERS):

Iran test fired a new torpedo in the Strait of Hormuz off its south coast, the world's main nexus for shipping oil, state television reported yesterday.

Iran rarely gives enough details of its military hardware for analysts to determine whether Tehran is making genuine advances or simply producing defiant propaganda while pressure ratchets up on its nuclear programme.