Iran's military unveiled the Khordad 15, a new locally built advanced air defense missile system at a ceremony in Tehran on Sunday.
#UPDATE: Launch footage released of the reportedly new ‘15 Khordad’ Iranian air defence system launching Sayyed-3 120km-range surface-to-air missiles
Video: youtu.be/yZD5FoZn4cg
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Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami said at the ceremony that the system, which is equipped with long-range Sayyad 3 missiles, can destroy enemy targets from a range of 120 kilometers (74 miles) and is also capable of destroying as many as six targets simultaneously, according to Iranian media reports.
Air defence forces of the Iranian Army received new 15th Khordad SAM system.This is further development of Talash systems with new target radar and already known Sayyad-3 missiles with 120 km range. With the new radar each complex can simultaneously fire at 6 targets.
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Hatami added that the Khordad 15 is capable of tracking "stealth targets" and intercepting them. "It can also trace stealth targets in areas 85 km (53 miles) in distance, and destroy them at a distance of 45 km (28 miles)," Hatami said.
The unveiling of Khordad 15 comes amid escalating tension between Iran and the US. Iran's announcement last month that it would withdraw from parts of the 2015 nuclear deal prompted US envoy on Iran Brian Hook, to say, "Any attack on American interests or on our allies will be met with force. If the Iranian regime tries, the American administration will respond."
The US also deployed an aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, outside the Persian Gulf last month and is sending 900 extra troops to the Middle East.
Iran's military unveiled the Khordad 15, a new locally built advanced air defense missile system at a ceremony in Tehran on Sunday.
#UPDATE: Launch footage released of the reportedly new ‘15 Khordad’ Iranian air defence system launching Sayyed-3 120km-range surface-to-air missiles
Video: youtu.be/yZD5FoZn4cg
58 אנשים מדברים על זה
Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami said at the ceremony that the system, which is equipped with long-range Sayyad 3 missiles, can destroy enemy targets from a range of 120 kilometers (74 miles) and is also capable of destroying as many as six targets simultaneously, according to Iranian media reports.
Air defence forces of the Iranian Army received new 15th Khordad SAM system.This is further development of Talash systems with new target radar and already known Sayyad-3 missiles with 120 km range. With the new radar each complex can simultaneously fire at 6 targets.
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Hatami added that the Khordad 15 is capable of tracking "stealth targets" and intercepting them. "It can also trace stealth targets in areas 85 km (53 miles) in distance, and destroy them at a distance of 45 km (28 miles)," Hatami said.
The unveiling of Khordad 15 comes amid escalating tension between Iran and the US. Iran's announcement last month that it would withdraw from parts of the 2015 nuclear deal prompted US envoy on Iran Brian Hook, to say, "Any attack on American interests or on our allies will be met with force. If the Iranian regime tries, the American administration will respond."
The US also deployed an aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, outside the Persian Gulf last month and is sending 900 extra troops to the Middle East.
