Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 15
By Khalid Kazimov - Trend:
The commander of the Iranian Khatam ul-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili said that the installation of the Sepehr (sky) radar with 3,000 kilometers range has made 40 percent progress, Fars news agency reported Feb. 15.
"At the 3,000 kilometer-range Sepehr radar, we can even observe the enemy's breathing," he said.
He said that the Iranian defense industry has faced no bottleneck in constructing the system.
With Sepehr we can observe the enemy from far away and this includes the countries and objects within the range of the radar, he noted.
"With this system having over 2500 kilometers range, we can establish a sort of in-depth defense and protect the country's airspace before threats are made," Esmaili asserted.
"The Sepehr radar system can detect stealth targets and micro UAVs at low, medium and high altitudes while it can also very easily identify and detect ballistic, semi-ballistic and cruise missiles," Lieutenant Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier Gen. Shahrokh Shahram said Nov. 12.
According to Gen. Shahram, the information gathered by the radar during its last assessment test was for the first time fed into the country's integrated radar and air defense network.
In August 2013, Iran announced that it had finalized construction of space radars to detect satellite and space objects' trajectories, adding that the country is now using new passive phased array radars to detect stealth targets and cruise missiles, according to the Fars news agency.
Iran has been ramping up its defense industry since 1992, having manufactured its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles, radars, boats, submarines, unmanned aerial vehicles, and fighter planes.