Saturday, August 10, 2019

Iran Unveils An ‘Upgraded’ Missile Defense System

Iranian Army unveiled the overhauled ‘Falagh’ surveillance radar system which can track different air threats.

Daily Mail: Iran unveils new air defence system 'capable of detecting missiles and drones at a range of 250 miles'

* The 'Falagh' is an overhauled version of the imported 'Gamma' surveillance radar
* The unveiling comes at a time of rising tensions with the US and UK
* Iran shot down a US Global Hawk drone with a surface-to-air missile in June

Iran has unveiled a new air defence system today which it says is capable of detecting missiles and drones at a range of 250 miles.

The 'Falagh' is a locally overhauled version of the imported 'Gamma' surveillance radar, the country's semi-official news agency ISNA said, in an apparent reference to a Russian-made system of that name.

It had been inoperable due to 'sanctions, lack of spare parts and the inability of foreign engineers to carry out repairs', it added.

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More News On Iran Unveiling An ‘Upgraded’ Missile Defense System

Iran Army unveils ‘Falagh’ surveillance radar system -- MEHR (Iran)
Iran Overhauls Military Radar -- Tasnim News Agency (Iran)
Iran unveils 'improved' radar air defense system -- Reuters
Iran unveils ‘upgraded’ missile defense system with ‘high capabilities’ -- Times of Israel
Iran Reveals New Domestically Built Radar System Months After Its Air Defences Downed US Drone -- Sputnik

4 comments:

RussInSoCal said...

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Anonymous said...

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Jeffsmith said...

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Roger Smith said...


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