Brigadier General Farzad Esmaeili, the commander of the Khatam-ol-Anbiya Air Defense Base, talks to reporters at a press conference in Tehran on Monday. Tehran Times
Iran Completes 30 Percent Of Missile Defense System, Says Military Official -- Haaretz/Reuters
Iran's air force commander tells local media air defense system, to be completed within a year, being developed in place of the Russia S-300 array that Moscow refused to sell to the Islamic Republic.
Iran has built about 30 percent of a missile defense system it is developing in place of the Russian S-300 system Moscow refused to sell it, and hopes to complete the system by next year, a senior military official said on Monday.
Farzad Esmaili, commander of the army's air defense force, also reiterated that Iran will hold a large-scale air defense exercise in the next two months covering the whole country, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported.
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More News On Iran's Air Defense System
Iran General Claims Progress On New Air Defense System -- Radio Free Europe
Iran claims its homegrown air defense system 30 percent complete -- Times of Israel
Iran Using Various Types of Missiles for S-200 Air Defense System -- Fars News Agency
Iran building missile system more advanced than S-300 -- Tehran Times
Iran developing advanced defense system to surpass Russian S-300 -- Press TV (Iran)
My Comment: I am always skeptical of such reports, especially when I read stories like this one.
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