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TEHRAN
(FNA)- The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force has equipped all its F-14
fighter jets with highly advanced radars, Lieutenant Commander of the
Iranian Army Rear Admiral Farhad Amiri announced on Sunday.

"The
radar system of these fighters are highly complicated because it
consists of a set of separated parts which should be linked to each
other when they are mounted on the fighter jet, and this is a very
complex scientific and technological process," Amiri told FNA.

"Our
radars used to be mainly American and British in the past and these
were the Americans and the British who determined the place for mounting
our radar systems and they were, thus, fully informed of their blind
spots," he said.

"But today that we produce all our radar
systems domestically, we ourselves specify the place where these systems
should be mounted and installed," the senior Army official said, and
added, "And we cover the blind spots with other systems."

Iranian
officials have announced that the country has now reached
self-sufficiency in producing radar systems in different frequencies and
for various ranges.

Also, Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air
Defense Base Brigadier General Ahmad Miqani announced in November that
the country's experts are boosting the range of home-made air defen... >>>