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Iran to Start Mass-Production of New Air Defense System Tomorrow
18:17 | 2013-05-19
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to start mass-production of a new air-defense
system on Monday.
The production line of the new system, Herz (Protector) 9, will be
inaugurated in a special ceremony attended by the country's Defense
Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi tomorrow.
Last Tuesday, the Iranian defense ministry announced that Iran plans
to unveil five new defensive achievements in coming days.
Also, a senior Iranian military commander announced last month that
the country would unveil a home-made long-range air-defense missile
system similar to the Russian S-300 in the near future.
"This system, dubbed as Bavar (belief) 373, is being developed in the
country and will be officially unveiled soon," Lieutenant Commander of
the Iranian Army's Self-Sufficiency Jihad Rear Admiral Farhad Amiri
said.
He noted that Bavar-373 missile defense system has reached the
production stage and its subsystems have been already tested.
Earlier this year, senior military officials announced that Iran was
testing the subsystems of Bavar 373 missile defense system.
Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad
Esmayeeli said then that "laboratory tests are underway on subsystems
of the long-range Bavar 373 air-defense system".
The Iranian Armed Forces have recently test-fired different types of
newly-developed missiles and torpedoes and tested a large number of
its home-made weapons, tools and equipments, including submarines,
military ships, artillery, choppers, aircraft, UAVs and air defense
and electronic systems, during massive military drills.
Defense analysts and military observers say that Iran's wargames and
its advancements in weapons production have proved as a deterrent
factor, specially at a time of heightened threats by the US.
18:17 | 2013-05-19
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to start mass-production of a new air-defense
system on Monday.
The production line of the new system, Herz (Protector) 9, will be
inaugurated in a special ceremony attended by the country's Defense
Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi tomorrow.
Last Tuesday, the Iranian defense ministry announced that Iran plans
to unveil five new defensive achievements in coming days.
Also, a senior Iranian military commander announced last month that
the country would unveil a home-made long-range air-defense missile
system similar to the Russian S-300 in the near future.
"This system, dubbed as Bavar (belief) 373, is being developed in the
country and will be officially unveiled soon," Lieutenant Commander of
the Iranian Army's Self-Sufficiency Jihad Rear Admiral Farhad Amiri
said.
He noted that Bavar-373 missile defense system has reached the
production stage and its subsystems have been already tested.
Earlier this year, senior military officials announced that Iran was
testing the subsystems of Bavar 373 missile defense system.
Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad
Esmayeeli said then that "laboratory tests are underway on subsystems
of the long-range Bavar 373 air-defense system".
The Iranian Armed Forces have recently test-fired different types of
newly-developed missiles and torpedoes and tested a large number of
its home-made weapons, tools and equipments, including submarines,
military ships, artillery, choppers, aircraft, UAVs and air defense
and electronic systems, during massive military drills.
Defense analysts and military observers say that Iran's wargames and
its advancements in weapons production have proved as a deterrent
factor, specially at a time of heightened threats by the US.