TEHRAN, Sept 07 -Deputy Commander of Iran's Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base General Mohammad Yousefi Khoshqalb underlined high capabilities of the home-made Bavar 373 missile system, saying that it acts like a strong shield against all aerial threats.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -"Bavar 373 is a tough rival for this class of systems and stands even far above them; it has been a very wide leap in defensive deterrence power against enemy threats," General Khoshqalb said on Saturday.
"It is a system which can act against all types of threats," he added.
General Khoshqalb explained that Bavar 373 is capable of confronting threats in high-altitude, distant areas, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones.
Iran has made good progress in building different home-made air defense systems.
The country last month unveiled the home-made version of the sophisticated Russian S-300 missile defense system, dubbed as Bavar (Belief) 373 with the capability to target ballistic missiles.
Bavar 373 was unveiled in a ceremony participated by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami.
"Bavar 373 is the most important indigenized missile defense system whose design and manufacturing started a few years ago and can engage multiple targets in high altitudes," General Hatami said, addressing the ceremony.
He added that the Iranian defense industry experts have gone through the reverse engineering phase and designed and manufactured the parts relying on domestic capacities.
The anti-air defense system can detect 60 targets, identify 13 targets and engage 6 targets.
The system is much more powerful than the Russian S-300 and some of its features could be compared with S-400.
In relevant remarks earlier this month, Deputy Commander of the Iranian Army Air Defense Force General Mehdi Saqafifar announced the country's plans to manufacture more advanced versions of the home-made Bavar 373 missile shield to cover longer ranges.
"Bavar 373 has a deadly range of 200km and given our country's vastness, certainly our next steps have been taken towards building systems with longer ranges to destroy the threats," General Saqafifar said.
He added that studies for the construction of higher-range defense shields have started and are in the final stages, adding that the country aims to make newer versions of Bavar 373 too.
General Saqafifar underlined that Iran paved a 10-year-long path to construct Bavar 373, while the developed countries spent 70 years to build such a missile system.
source:farsnews