According to IRGC Air Defense Unit, the highly-advanced
home-made Ra'd (Thunder) air defense system is equipped with 'Taer' (Bird)
missiles, which can trace and hit targets 50km in distance and 75,000f in
altitude.
The production and use of the system can boost Iran's
air-defense capabilities in various fields, officials said earlier this month.
IRGC Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari had informed on Sunday
that his forces had started the production of the Ra'd system.
"The Ra'd
air-defense system, which is more advanced than the Buckeye system has recently
been developed and is now being mass-produced," Jafari told reporters in a press
conference here in Tehran Sunday.
"In ranges up to 50km and in altitudes
from 25 to 27km (70,000 feet), Ra'd is ranked as a mid-range radar system,"
added the General.
"The air-defense system will boost the Islamic
Republic's ability to counter aerial threats," he continued.
In May
2012, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Commander Brigadier
General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said Iran is mass-producing Ghadir Radar systems in
great numbers, adding that the radar system covers areas over 1,000km in
distance.
"This radar system can cover areas around 1,100 in range and
its designing and production project ended early last (Iranian) year and is now
being mass-produced," Hajizadeh told FNA at the time.
In June 2011, the
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps put into operation the new home-made long-range
Ghadir radar system that enables its forces to monitor low-altitude satellites.
The Ghadir radar system which covers areas (maximum) 1,100km in distance
and 300km in altitude has been designed and built to identify aerial targets,
radar-evading aircrafts, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles as well as
low-altitude satellites.
Last December, senior Iranian military
commanders announced that the country has equipped its air defense units with
advanced radars capable of detecting Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
Commander of Khatom ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad
Esmayeeli said now Iran can trace and shoot down small UAVs over its airspace.
Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli also said that air defense units are
closely monitoring overflights of foreign aircraft and are fully prepared to
detect and shoot down unauthorized UAVs.
Iran has locally made radar
systems with different ranges up to some 1,850 miles (3,000 kilometers).
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