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Iran Begins Production of New Mobile Air Defense System
13:24 | 2013-05-20
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Defense Ministry on Monday started
mass-production of a highly mobile home-made air-defense system.
The production line of the new system, Herz (Protector) 9, was
inaugurated in a special ceremony attended by the country's Defense
Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi on the occasion of the
liberation of Khorramshahr city from Iraqi occupation during the
eight-year Iraqi imposed war in the 1980s.
Addressing the ceremony, Vahidi said that the system which has been
designed and developed by Iranian experts at the Defense Industries
Organization is a "sophisticated smart air-defense system and is
capable of detecting, identifying and intercepting low-altitude
targets through automatic controls".
He said that the system enjoys high mobility and night operation
capability and can be connected to the country's integrated
air-defense network.
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.
From: A. Papazian
13:24 | 2013-05-20
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Defense Ministry on Monday started
mass-production of a highly mobile home-made air-defense system.
The production line of the new system, Herz (Protector) 9, was
inaugurated in a special ceremony attended by the country's Defense
Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi on the occasion of the
liberation of Khorramshahr city from Iraqi occupation during the
eight-year Iraqi imposed war in the 1980s.
Addressing the ceremony, Vahidi said that the system which has been
designed and developed by Iranian experts at the Defense Industries
Organization is a "sophisticated smart air-defense system and is
capable of detecting, identifying and intercepting low-altitude
targets through automatic controls".
He said that the system enjoys high mobility and night operation
capability and can be connected to the country's integrated
air-defense network.
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.
From: A. Papazian