The Iranian Army Ground Force took delivery of over 1,000 new items,
including combat equipment, missiles, vehicles and electronic warfare systems.
The military equipment and gear that have been manufactured,
optimized or overhauled by the Ground Force experts were unveiled
on Tuesday in a ceremony attended by Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi.
Among the items that have gone into operation are “Kian-800” tank transporter, pontoon bridges,
a grenade launcher simulator, “Arash” electronic warfare system, a portable
radar jamming system installed on “Mohajer-6” drones, tactical command and control vehicles,
transportation vehicles used to set up portable telecommunication stations,
a tactical cellular system providing mobile network coverage, and “Majid” air defense system.
Some other products unveiled on Tuesday include “Almas” missiles, “Qaem” bombs, “Dehlaviyeh-2”
anti-tank missiles, three night-vision optical systems, “Shafaq” chaff and flare countermeasure
systems and missiles paired with Cobra attack helicopters, “Fath-360” missile systems,
smart shells with pinpoint accuracy, and various artillery weapons.
Iranian military experts and technicians have in recent years made great headways in manufacturing
a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere.
Iranian officials have repeatedly underscored that the country will not hesitate to strengthen its
military capabilities, including its missile power, which are entirely meant for defense,
and that Iran’s defense capabilities will be never subject to negotiations.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has
repeatedly called for efforts to maintain and boost Iran’s defense capabilities,
hitting back at the enemies for disputing the country’s missile program.
Meanwhile, The chief commander of the Iranian Army says the Israeli military, which heavily relies on
sophisticated Western-built munitions, is no match for Iran’s Armed Forces,
dismissing hostile remarks by the Israeli army’s
chief of staff that Israel is “ready” to attack Iran even without US support.
Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said on Monday that such comments are merely meant
to boost the morale of the Israeli soldiers and fix the internal problems of the regime.
“Anyone already familiar with the military capabilities of both sides knows well that
the updated size and scale of the Zionist regime’s military would maximally correspond
only to one of the plentiful operations that Iran’s Armed Forces undertook during
the 1980-1988 Iraqi-imposed war on the Islamic Republic,” Mousavi said.
“The Zionist regime, which is sinking and the signs of its collapse are now becoming more
evident than before, is too feeble to be viewed as a threat to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The actions of its leaders, which are far from rationality and prudence,
will only accelerate the downfall of the regime,” the top General added.
“We are ready to act against Iran.
The Israeli army has the ability to strike both in distant countries and
near home,” Israeli army’s Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said on Wednesday.
He further claimed that the Israeli military will enhance its capabilities
for a pre-emptive strike on Iran in the next few years,
and such a strike would be “overwhelming” despite the geographical distance.
Iran’s Army chief has already dismissed Israel’s military threats, saying the regime is unable to
take an Iranian response to any hostile act that it may carry out given the political tensions it
faces inside the occupied territories and its sense of insecurity in the broader region.
Addressing a meeting with senior Army commanders on December 22 last year,
Mousavi said Iran is closely and constantly monitoring all the enemy’s moves,
and that the Armed Forces are fully ready to counter any threat at once.
“We will give a crushing response to any place from which an attack might
originate against the security of the Islamic Republic and its interests or
help is provided to the Zionist regime,” the top General added.
In remarks on Monday, the Iranian Army commander dismissed the recent
comments from the chief of staff of Israeli military forces Herzi Halevi
about the regime’s readiness to attack Iran even without support from the US.
“We are ready to act against Iran.
The Israeli army has the ability to strike
both in distant countries and near home,” Halevi claimed on Wednesday.
In response to the comments, Major General Mousavi said such remarks were meant to “raise
the morale of (Israeli) military forces and fix the internal problems of the (Zionist) regime.
“The Zionist regime which is drowning and whose signs of collapse have become clearer than ever
is too small to be considered a threat to the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the Army chief added.
He also warned the Zionist leaders that their ill-advised and reckless measures
would only expedite the process of the Israeli regime’s downfall.