{"id":193051,"date":"2019-08-11T08:01:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T08:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=193051"},"modified":"2019-08-14T05:53:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T05:53:00","slug":"iran-unveils-improved-radar-air-defence-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=193051","title":{"rendered":"Iran unveils ‘improved’ radar air defence system"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction \u2013 Aug 10, 2019<\/strong><\/h1>\n
If the U.S. and its allies do decide to strike Iran they are going to have problems, big problems. Iran is not Iraq. It is bigger and its military is better equipped with locally developed weapons that the West has no intelligence on.<\/h5>\n
During Operation Desert Storm<\/a><\/span> Iraq used its largely Western supplied air defence weapons to fend off Coalition air strikes. As they had the technical data on these radars and weapons systems this enabled the Western coalition to employ electronic countermeasures to effectively blind Iraqi air defences.<\/h5>\n
The West cannot do this with Iran.<\/h5>\n
Having seen the Western reliance on air power in ousting Saddam Iran has put special effort into developing its air defences. Tehran knows that any U.S. military campaign against it will be spearheaded by air strikes. To counter this Iran has acquired the formidable Russian-made S-300. While its own long-range air defence system the Bavar 374, which is claimed to be more capable than the S-300, will enter service in the coming weeks.<\/h5>\n
These weapons will work together in Iran\u2019s integrated air defence network with radars like the recently unveiled Falaq. Iran is ready and waiting. Will Trump follow through on his recent threats? Or was that just more bluster?<\/h5>\n

Iran unveils ‘improved’ radar air defence system<\/h1>\n

Reuters \u2013 Aug 10, 2019<\/h2>\n
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Falaq radar. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Iran unveiled on Saturday what authorities said was a locally upgraded radar system with a range of 400 km (250 miles) that could help defend against cruise and ballistic missiles and drones.<\/span><\/p>\n

The announcement comes at a time of rising tension between Iran and United States. Iran shot down a U.S. military surveillance drone in the Gulf with a surface-to-air missile in June. Tehran says the drone was over its territory, but Washington says it was in international airspace.<\/span><\/p>\n

State television showed the Falaq, a mobile radar and a vehicle housing a control room, which it said was an improved version of the Gamma, a system that military experts said was of Russian origin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Western military analysts say Iran often exaggerates its weapons capabilities, though concerns about its long-range ballistic missile programme contributed to Washington last year exiting the pact that Iran sealed with world powers in 2015 to rein in its nuclear ambitions in exchange for an easing of economic sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis system has high capabilities and can detect all types of cruise and ballistic missiles and drones,\u201d Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard, commander of the regular army\u2019s air defences, was quoted as saying by semi-official news agency Mehr.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sabahifard said the Falaq was a locally overhauled version of a system which had been out of operation for a long time, Mehr reported. He did not give the system\u2019s country of origin.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Falaq is a phased-array radar system which can be incorporated into Iran\u2019s larger integrated air defence, which includes an S-300 surface-to-air missile system that Russia delivered in 2016, state-run Press TV said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe (Falaq) system was developed in order to counter sanctions restricting access to spare parts of a previously foreign-developed system,\u201d Press TV said on its website.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump reimposed sanctions on Tehran after pulling out of the nuclear deal, which its other signatories are struggling to maintain as Washington also lobbies to establish a maritime security coalition to safeguard shipping in the Gulf in a related standoff with Iran over oil supplies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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