{"id":179414,"date":"2018-11-21T06:01:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T06:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=179414"},"modified":"2018-11-23T06:32:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T06:32:38","slug":"iran-unveils-mine-resistant-ambush-protected-military-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=179414","title":{"rendered":"Iran unveils Mine Resistant Ambush Protected military vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"

PressTV \u2013 Nov 21, 2018<\/h1>\n

\"Toufan\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Iran has unveiled a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) military\u00a0vehicle designed and manufactured by Iranian defense experts.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The new vehicle, named Toufan (Storm), was unveiled on Tuesday during a ceremony attended by Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami and delivered to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Defense Ministry’s strategy is to update defense equipment used by the Armed Forces through domestic capacities and non-reliance on other countries,” Hatami said.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added that the Iranian Armed Forces currently have\u00a0a high deterrent power and a full defensive preparedness.<\/span><\/p>\n

He elaborated on the features of the new MRAP and said it has been manufactured based on the Armed Forces’ needs for a vehicle with the capability of moving with a high speed on steep slopes and breaking through barriers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Toufan2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Iranian defense chief added that Toufan is a 4\u00d74 vehicle with the capability to withstand\u00a0mine explosions and booby-traps and blasts that result from the explosion of several kilograms of TNT. He said\u00a0the MRAP also has layers of protection against different steel-core bullets.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added that the vehicle can move through water channels with 1.5 meters in depth and vertical obstacles as high as 50 centimeters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hatami said Toufan can carry 10 personnel and move at the speed of 50 kilometers with flat tires. It can travel at the maximum speed of 100km\/h.<\/span><\/p>\n

The vehicle can also be equipped with semi-heavy weapons, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the past years, Iran has made major breakthroughs in its defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing military equipment and hardware despite sanctions and economic pressures on the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Islamic Republic maintains that its military power poses no threat to other countries and is merely attentive to its military doctrine of deterrence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iran\u2019s efforts to modernise and upgrade its military in the face of Western sanctions continue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=179414"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179418,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179414\/revisions\/179418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=179414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=179414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=179414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}