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"The Qadir radar system has been
designed and built to identify aerial targets, radar-evading
aircrafts, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles as well
as low-altitude satellites," Hajizadeh added.
The
commander said that the radar was tested in the second phase
of the IRGC's recent drills, codenamed Payambar-e Azam (The
Great Messenger) 6.
In
February, Commander of the IRGC Major General Mohammad Ali
Jafari had announced that the IRGC has just finished designing
and developing long-range passive radars and will soon start
their production, adding that the new radar systems cover
areas within a 1,100km-radius.
"These
radars would remarkably increase the IRGC's capability in
identifying sea-based targets," he noted.
Iran
has been pushing an arms development program in recent years
in a bid to reach self-sufficiency. Tehran launched its
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 jet fighters and armored
vehicles as well as radar-avoiding missiles and other high-tech
weapons.
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.
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