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Iran successfully tests home-made Sepehr long-range radar system.
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| Iran successfully tests home-made Sepehr long-range radar system | |||
Iran
has successfully tested a new domestically produced long-range radar system,
known as The Sepehr (Sky), the Fars news agency reports. The
Sepehr radar system was unveiled Tuesday. |
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Iranian new
Sepehr radar, employing multiple transmit-receive units operating in the
VHF/UHF band |
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"The
Sepehr radar system covers a range of over 2,500 kilometers [or about
1550 miles] and can detect stealth targets and micro UAVs at low, medium
and high altitudes while it can also very easily identify and detect ballistic,
semi-ballistic and cruise missiles," Lieutenant Commander of
Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier Gen. Shahrokh Shahram said
Tuesday, as quoted by the Fars news agency.
According to Gen. Shahram, "the information gathered by the radar during its last assessment test today was for the first time fed into the country's integrated radar and air defense network". In August 2013, Iran announced that it had finalized construction of space radars to detect satellite and space objects' trajectories, adding that the country is now using new passive phased array radars to detect stealth targets and cruise missiles, according to the Fars news agency. |
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