Iran is one of the ten best manufacturers of military radars in the world, Commander
of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said.
There may be 20 countries in the world capable of manufacturing radars,
and Iran is certainly one of the top ten, Hajizadeh said in a ceremony held Tuesday to
integrate two sets of Qadir long-range radar system into the Iranian air defense network.
The commander said the new radars, manufactured by the IRGC Aerospace Force,
are capable of detecting stealth aircraft within a range of 350 kilometers and all
other targets within a distance of above 1,000 km.
The two radars came into operation in the central and southern provinces of Yazd and Kerman.
Qadir is a phased-array radar system that identifies aerial
targets on the basis of 3-dimensional detection with multiple detectors.
The system enjoys nonstop monitoring activity.
Run by three operators, the system uses low signals,
and is a suitable option for electronic warfare.
Meanwhile, the Iran’s Army has unveiled two new locally-made radars based on AESA technology which
it claims can detect low-observable aircraft, drones besides ballistic and cruise missiles.
The radars, named Khalij-e Fars (Persian Gulf) and Moraqeb (Watchful),
were unveiled in a ceremony on Sunday in the presence of Chief Commander of
Iran’s Army Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, Fars News Agency reported.
Khalij-e
Fars is a long-range and strategic radar system with an operational range of over 800 kilometers.
It is a phased-array three-dimensional radar system with modern technology that
can detect all conventional and radar-evading targets as
well as ballistic missiles, an official statement released to Iranian media said.
Moraqeb is also a three-dimensional advanced phased-array radar with
high precision and a range of 400 kilometers.
It can spot airborne targets with high accuracy and detect different types of small targets at
low and medium altitudes as well as radar-evading and unmanned aerial vehicles, the statement said.
The system has been designed and manufactured by the Army’s Air
Defense experts in cooperation with Iranian knowledge-based companies.
Iranian radars have in recent times detected US aircraft and drones.
The Iranian Army in February claimed to have warned off an F/A-18 aircraft
believed to be a US electronic attack jet operated by the US Navy.
“Today, we can intercept and track satellites with the help of radars positioned on the ground.
Such great advances have been made by the Iranian youth," Maj.
Gen. Salami stated at a ceremony in Tehran on Saturday.
He noted that Iranian military forces "can now hit any moving ship from a distance of
thousands of kilometers away", and "can even define the exact point of strike,
so that the crew of the target ship would remain unharmed".
“Since a cruise missile flies the major portion of its flight path on a low-altitude trajectory,
it is no different from a fixed-wing aircraft which cannot travel at a high velocity.
We are, therefore, developing cruise missiles capable of
travelling at supersonic or hypersonic speeds.
The process throughout which a hypersonic ballistic missile is
guided to strike a moving target in the sea is a fairly complicated one,
the likes of which have never been seen before,” the top commander added.
Salami said that his country has increased its power so far that its strategic depth
has gone beyond regional waters and reached to the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
He pointed to the expansion of Iran’s domain of action, stating the Islamic Republic is now
present on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea and has “decomposed the enemy”.
“The Islamic Revolution has kicked the enemy out
of its strategic shelter and forced it into operational expansion,” the
IRGC commander continued, adding that the enemy suffers a lack of initiative.
He stressed that the only way to deal with the
arrogant powers is by means of the “language of force”,
because the enemy is unfamiliar with the power of logic, while it accepts the logic of power.
Iran has in recent years made major breakthroughs in its defense sector
and attained self-sufficiency in producing important military equipment and systems.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force (IRIADF) in September 2021 unveiled
a homemade state-of-the-art 3D radar dubbed Alborz, which is capable of intercepting and
detecting long-range stealth flying objects designed to have a low radar cross-section.
The system reportedly boasts a range of 450 kilometers (248
miles) and can detect 300 targets simultaneously.
Later, the IRIADF unveiled a 3D phased-array radar system
called Kashef-99 (Discoverer-99), which is capable of detecting small flying objects.
Kashef-99 is said to be able to detect dozens of
targets at the same time within a range of 12 kilometers (7.4 miles).