Army commander: Iran produces advanced weapons proper to aerial threats

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Commander of Iran's Army Major General Abdolrahim Moussavi underlined that the country has developed powerful, strategic weapon systems appropriate to flying objects threatening the country's security.

"Highly good and advanced defensive weapons have been produced appropriate to threats and the flying objects which can threaten our country, and most of them have been unveiled, some have been delivered to our forces which are all in operation," General Moussavi said in Tehran on Monday, after visiting a defense industries exhibition which also displayed Iran's recently-unveiled home-made defense shield, Bavar 373.

He also explained that Iranian experts have precisely monitored all aerial threats before they designed and built Bavar 373 air defense missile system which he described as "a powerful strategic weapon".

Iran has made good progress in building different home-made air defense systems.

The country last Thursday unveiled the home-made version of the sophisticated Russian S-300 missile defense system, dubbed as Bavar (Belief) 373 with the capability to target ballistic missiles.

Bavar 373 was unveiled in a ceremony participated by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami.

"Bavar 373 is the most important indigenized missile defense system whose design and manufacturing started a few years ago and can engage multiple targets in high altitudes," General Hatami said, addressing the ceremony.

He added that the Iranian defense industry experts have gone through the reverse engineering phase and designed and manufactured the parts relying on domestic capacities.

The anti-air defense system can detect 60 targets, identify 13 targets and engage 6 targets.

The system is much more powerful than the Russian S-300 and some of its features could be compared with S-400.

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