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Defense & Security News - Iran
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Iran Defense Minister inaugurated production line of home-made long-range air defense missile
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Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan on Sunday inaugurated the mass production line of a long-range air defense missile dubbed Sayyad-3 (Hunter-3), which is fully designed and manufactured by domestic military experts.
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 Sayyad-3 air-defense missile (source: Tasnim news agency) |
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The production line of the state-of-the-art missiles was inaugurated during a ceremony on Saturday with Brigadier General Dehqan and Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili in attendance. During the event, a number of the long-range missiles were also delivered to the Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base.
Addressing the ceremony, Brigadier General Dehqan said the Sayyad-3 missiles have an operational range of 120 km and are able to fly at an altitude of 27km and designed to hit medium and long-range air threats.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. |
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Iran production line home-made air-defense missile 82407173
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