Official: Iran Manufactures Radar System to Monitor, Control Remote Flights
Sun Sep 06, 2015 2:31
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Managing Director of Iranian Electronic Industries Company
Hossein Baqeri announced on Sunday that the country's experts and engineers
have designed and manufactured a radar system that can identify approaching
flights from the most remote areas and high-altitudes.

"We have achieved remarkable progress in the air defense field and we have
given priority to air defense and concentrated our efforts on supplying air
defense equipment at the order of Iran's Supreme Leader (Ayatollah Seyed Ali
Khamenei); in cooperation with experts of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base
we have designed a powerful and indigenized communications network for air
defense which has resulted in covering all blind spots in the country's air
defense and tracking all flights even in the remote parts and at very high
altitudes," Baqeri told FNA on Saturday.

He reiterated that the Iranian Electronic Industries Company has also made
considerable progress in avionics, and said, "We have made remarkable
progress in supplying and installing electronic equipment and cameras on
airplanes and drones."

"Today all flights even in remote areas are under the surveillance of Iran's
powerful air defense," Baqeri added.

Iran on Thursday launched a new home-made Command and Control system named
Payambar-e A'zam in a ceremony in the presence of top military and air
defense commanders.

The system launched operation following an order by Army Commander Major
General Ataollah Salehi and in the presence of Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia
Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli and other senior
military commanders in one of Iran's sensitive sites.

After being unveiled and launched, the system was connected to all missile,
radar, operations monitoring and assessment and other air defense points in
the country.

The system can detect and trace targets, take decisions for the operation of
the missile systems, decide about the type of weapon systems needed, assess
and foresee hostile targets, and field commanders can easily take a final
decision with the data provided by the command and control system.

Brigadier General Esmayeeli said that all instruments, air defense systems,
fighter jets, missiles and monitoring systems take orders from Payambar-e
A'zam Command and Control system from now on.

Iran unveiled two new home-made radar systems named Nazir and Bina on
Tuesday with the capability of detecting radar-evading targets and fighting
against electronic warfare.

The two radar systems were unveiled in a ceremony attended by General
Esmayeeli through a video conference.

Nazir is a long-range and high-precision radar system which is highly
capable of detecting targets in low radar cross section and is resistant to
radar evading and anti-radar missiles.

The radar can detect all radar-evading targets and is capable of fighting
electronic warfare.

Bina and Nazir radar systems have been mounted in the mountainous and plain
regions in Southeastern Iran.

Elaborating on the specifications of the two radar systems, Brigadier
General Esmayeeli said that they are fully home-made and unique in the
region and the world.

"The radars have been designed in different frequencies and with jump
frequency and also in (special) bands which cannot be heard by the enemies,"
he added.

Esmayeeli explained about other features of the radar systems, and said they
are multi-range radars, meaning that they can detect wide-body and stealth
targets as well as small planes, including drones, in long distances before
they can approach Iranian borders.

He expressed the hope that the two radar systems will be mass-produced
within one year.

In relevant remarks in June, Baqeri underlined that his company had made
considerable progress in data gathering equipment and cameras for different
types of aircraft, including drones.

"Iran's Electronic Industries Company has had remarkable developments in
manufacturing and mounting surveillance and data gathering equipment and
cameras on manned and unmanned aircraft," Baqeri said.

He reiterated that his company is in charge of producing and procuring
equipment in telecommunication, information technology, electronic,
electronic warfare, data gathering, computer, electro-optic and space
devices, systems and equipment.

On Friday, Brigadier General Esmayeeli underlined that the country's
integrated missile and radar systems are always monitoring moves and ready
to fire and intercept hostile flying objects at any moment from over 3,000
kilometers away.

"Today we are capable of monitoring the enemies' slightest move from a
distance of more than 3,000 kilometers," Brigadier General Esmayeeli said,
addressing a pre-sermon speech of Tehran Friday prayers.

He reiterated that one of the achievements in the field of Air Defense in
Iran is that the country has become self-sufficient in the production of
radar systems and missiles.

Brigadier General Esmayeeli said Iran's Air Defense units have been deployed
in some 3,700 locations across the country to give a crushing response to
enemies' threats, while they have a message of peace and security to
regional and friendly states.

He underlined that Iran's military capabilities serve as a deterrent arm
against enemy threats.

Brigadier General Esmayeeli noted that Iran’s defense lines are not confined
to the geographical borders, and said, "Given the increase in variety, speed
and range of aerial weapons of the enemy and the intention of the enemy to
destroy the infrastructure of the defending country, the defense lines can
be expanded to all parts of the target (enemy) country."

Last month, Brigadier General Esmayeeli underlined if the enemy wants to
make an aggression against Iran, it will receive a strong slap across the
face by the Iranian Armed Forces.

"Iran's air defense system is always ready to act upon the Supreme Leader's
order and its finger is always on the trigger and today, thanks to this air
defense system, the Islamic Republic of Iran's airspace is one of the most
secure skies in the world," he added.

Esmayeeli underlined that Iran's radar, electronic and missile systems are
always awake to monitor and show reaction to the slightest hostile moves of
the enemies.

"The air defense is always ready for mission and its radar, electronic,
missile and monitoring systems are not turned off under any conditions and
they are always under operation," Esmayeeli said.

He said that the air defense system is constantly monitoring and providing
coverage for every inch of the country's airspace.

Noting that defending the Iranian airspace is a priority in the country's
defensive doctrine, he said that increasing the number of air defense
systems has always had a message of peace and friendship.