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Line of Anti-Cruise Missile Shield


TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Tuesday inaugurated production line of a
powerful missile defense shield to destroy incoming cruise missiles, the
defense ministry announced Tuesday.

“Mesbah (Lantern) 1 air-defense system is designed and built to
counter air attacks, different kinds of airplanes, cruise missiles,
choppers and other air threats in low altitudes,” Iranian Defense
Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said.

“The defense system has been designed on the basis of increasing the
volume of fire and controlling it by a reliable system,” Vahidi added.

He said high destruction power, decreased number of the needed crew
in comparison with similar defense artilleries, rapid reaction against
threats, high volume of fire with 4,000 shots per minute and increased
targeting precision are among the major features of the newly produced
defense system.

Vahidi reminded that the Mesbah 1 missile shield is also capable of
tracing and intercepting Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAVs).

Vahidi had announced on Sunday that his ministry produced a powerful
anti-missile system to destroy incoming cruise missiles.

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