Iran claims this system, which is launched from a military-style truck, can detect up to 24 targets at a time at a distance of around 180 km. It can then engage up to 12 of those targets. Iran claims this is an indigenous system, built and developed in Iran. This would be in contrast to other systems that Iran may have developed by modeling them on foreign air defense missiles, such as S-200s.
“The Tactical Sayyad has a short-range self-protection system in one of its silos that makes the weapon immune to low-altitude threats,” Tasnim News wrote in late August.
“The official noted that the new air defense system has become more agile since its radars and missile launchers have been merged into a single vehicle.”
There is some lack of clarity about the claimed performance of this system. Various reports claim it can engage six to 12 targets at a range of 120 km. That means the system would detect threats and then track them, prioritizing which to shoot at. READ MORE