Iran builds space radar

Specialists of the Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base have designed a space radar and now the construction process is in the final stage, the commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base, Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili, said, IRIB News reported.

Esmaili said this radar system will be capable to detect, track and destroy cruise missiles, low-flying aircrafts and objects located at a distance of several thousands kilometers.

The system will be handed over to the Air Defense Forces soon, he added.

On Sept. 6. the 10-day exercises, called 'Defenders of the Skies of Velayat 3', started in Northwestern Iran.

An array of fighter jets, fighter bombers, cargo and transportation planes, including F-4, F-5, Sukhoi SU-24 fighter-bombers, Mig-29 and the logistic C-130 planes, will be used in the exercises.

Iranian fighter jets, including Saeqeh (thunderbolt), will carry out hundreds of sorties during the wargames and will drop high-tonnage smart and precision-guided bombs on mock targets.

Iran has recently made good progress in the air industry and has succeeded in gaining the technical know-how for producing stealth aircraft and drones.

Iran successfully tested a home-made radar-evading UAV with bombing capabilities. Also in 2008, the country's Defense Industries launched production of two well-known home-made fighter jets, namely Saeqeh (Thunderbolt) and Azarakhsh (Lightening).

Saeqeh is Iran's first domestically manufactured fighter.


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