Iran Tests New Air Defense System

With "same capabilities" as Russian S-300 missiles

CNN: A series of air defense drills called the "largest-ever" in Iranian history ended on Saturday. Tehran test-fired a S-200 rocket on the final day of the five-day war games code-named "Defenders of Velayat Skies." According to a top Iranian military official, the domestically-designed S-200 air defense system has the same capabilities as the Russian-made S-300 system >>>

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Bavafa

Amoo jan has nailed this right on the head

by Bavafa on

Even if all these weapon were designed and made domestically without the true support of your people, one can not do jack $hit.

Case in point:

During Saddam invasion of Iran (80-82 period) Iranians repealed his army despite being well under armed.

The subsequent years of that war 82-88, when Iran started becoming the aggressor and people weren't behind the war any more, it became an quagmire for Iran and was force to face defeat.

Mehrdad


Onlyiran

"Domestically deigned" my rear end

by Onlyiran on

It's Russian made:

 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-200_Angara/Vega/Dubna

and just like everything else in IRI's arsenal, it's from the 1960's.

 

 


عموجان

Size of military hardware doesn’t mean you are strong.

by عموجان on


When people aren’t behind their government, all that second hand hardware wouldn’t win you any war. Let me think if I can come up with a good sample…………

Oh yes, Soviet Union (They even made their own hardwares)

Are these leftover from old regime?


Like the fighter planes they show on their air forces clips.


norooz

That is great. Iran has been

by norooz on

That is great. Iran has been attacked too many times. If you want to survive, you must be strong. There is no other way.