Iran Plans to End US Apache's Domination over Battlefields
News number: 881113178817:42 | 2010-02-02Defence
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has designed a new kind of surface-to-air missiles to
bring down the United States' much boasted Apache choppers, an Islamic
Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) official announced on Tuesday.

Colonel Nasser Arab-Beigi, the head of IRGC's Self-Sufficiency Jihad
Organization, made the remarks in an exclusive interview with FNA.

"Enemies should not imagine that if their Apache choppers have shown a
mighty and desirable performance in Iraq and Afghanistan, they can show the
same might and power in a possible aggression against Iran. We will
certainly put an end to the power of their Apaches through our measures,"
Arab-Beigi stressed, without specifying the type of the weapon Iran is
manufacturing to shoot down Apache choppers.

Describing IRGC's capabilities in designing and manufacturing anti-armor
weapons as surprising, he reiterated "The variety of our measures and
weapons is so wide that the enemy cannot even think of them."

The Iranian official further warned Iran's enemies that they would face a
crushing response by the Iranian forces in case of any ground attack against
the country.

Tehran launched an arms development program during the 1980-88 Iraqi imposed
war on Iran to compensate for a US weapons embargo. Since 1992, Iran has
produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles and fighter
planes.

Yet, Iranian officials have always stressed that the country's military and
arms programs serve defensive purposes and should not be perceived as a
threat to any other country.