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Iran builds space radar
2011-09-09
Specialists of the Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base have designed a space radar and now the construction process is in the final stage, the commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base, Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili, said, IRIB News reported.

"This radar system will be capable to detect and to track cruise missiles, low-flying aircrafts and objects located at a distance of several thousands kilometers," Esmaili said.
"Tyrone, we got a new item for the target list!"
The system will be handed over to the Air Defense Forces soon, he added.

On Sept. 6. the 10-day exercises, called 'Defenders of the Skies of Velayat 3', started in Northwestern Iran. An array of fighter jets, fighter bombers, cargo and transportation planes, including F-4, F-5, Sukhoi SU-24 fighter-bombers, Mig-29 and the logistic C-130 planes, will be used in the exercises.
One of each...
Iranian fighter jets, including Saeqeh (thunderbolt), will carry out hundreds of sorties during the wargames and will drop high-tonnage smart and precision-guided bombs on mock targets.

Iran has recently made good progress in the air industry and has succeeded in gaining the technical know-how for producing stealth aircraft and drones.

Iran successfully tested a home-made radar-evading UAV with bombing capabilities. Also in 2008, the country's Defense Industries launched production of two well-known home-made fighter jets, namely Saeqeh (Thunderbolt) and Azarakhsh (Lightening). Saeqeh is Iran's first domestically manufactured fighter.
Posted by:Steve White

#7  You know, we have some of those F-4s, F-5s and C-130s out in the boneyard. seems to me we could paint them up in Iranian colors, install a drone package in them along with some 'expired' ordnance and remotely fly them into the iranian airspace and then push the big red button. a work accident and its doubtful the iranians would say anything, since their super duper radar let the iinfidels aircraft in, and all.....
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2011-09-09 22:31  

#6  If it's a space radar, how can it detect low flying cruise missiles?
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2011-09-09 22:11  

#5  Where did they get the spare parts? eBay?

Known sources: Indigenous manufacture based on reverse engineering, black and grey-market suppliers in Europe.

Former sources: Israel (early 1980s).

Possible other sources: Middle Eastern nations (Egypt, Turkey), black market purchases in the U.S. and Asia, reverse engineering and subsequent manufacture in Asia.
Posted by: Pappy   2011-09-09 22:00  

#4  Does it have defrost and popcorn setting?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2011-09-09 18:50  

#3  One of each...

Heh. I'm impressed they can still put an F-4 in the air. Where did they get the spare parts? eBay?
Posted by: SteveS   2011-09-09 12:45  

#2  Ten days of localized aircraft activity seems like a good workout for the orbital targeting platforms.
Posted by: Skidmark   2011-09-09 10:47  

#1  home-made radar-evading UAV with bombing capabilities

Ahh, but can the new Mullah-Magic UAV evade the new Super Space Radar? Or is that the only radar it can evade?
Posted by: Bobby   2011-09-09 07:26  

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