S-300 missiles handed to country's air defense system
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, May 10, IRNA -- Minister of Defense Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan announced that S-300 missiles have been handed to the country's air defense system.
Dehqan made the announcement Tuesday when visiting aerial achievements of Khatam-ol-Anbia Air Defense Base.
About Iranian long-range air defense system 'Bavar-373' which is in its final phases of production, Dehqan said it will be capable of fighting ballistic and cruise missiles, drones and warplanes.
Bavar-373, which is an indigenous air defense system, will come in the production line in less than a year, the minister said.
Bavar-373, a long-range system, can simultaneously combat multiple targets, said the minister stressing that 'what we have today is adequate, but other systems in the fields of detection, interception, and combat will be made in the future.'
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