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Iran to Unveil New Home-Made Weapons Soon.
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Defence & Security News - Iran |
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| Thursday, September 18, 2014 10:36 AM | |||
| Iran to Unveil New Home-Made Weapons Soon | |||
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Iranian Army’s Ground Forces are poised to unveil two newly-developed
military hardware, the commander of the forces says. "An infantry
fighting vehicle (IFV) equipped with a cannon and a 23-mm sniper rifle
are to be unveiled soon as two new products of the Army’s Ground
Forces,” Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said on Wednesday,
September 17. |
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 Iranian armed forces with armoured vehicle BTR-60s during a military parade in Tehran |
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Brigadier General Pourdastan explained that Ground Force experts are now in the final stages of building the cannoned personnel-carrier. As regards the capabilities of the 23-mm sniper rifle, General Pourdastan said, "This weapon is unprecedented in the world due to its power and capabilities." He noted that the Iranian Ground Force experts are also working on a domestically-made tank dubbed as Samsam to optimize its movement and shooting capabilities. In recent years, Iran has taken great strides in its defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing essential military equipment and systems. On September 1, Iran unveiled two domestically-manufactured state-of-the-art radar systems – Arash-2 and Kayhan – capable of detecting stealth aircraft and long-distance targets. Kayhan, which is a two-dimensional radar system, is capable of detecting and tracking hostile aerial targets, including conventional aircraft and stealth jets that fly on high altitudes. The Arash-2 radar system can track targets at an altitude of around 100,000 feet. Iran is also set to unveil later this month a new indigenous surface-to-air missile defense system named Talash-3, which was successfully test-fired recently. The Islamic Republic has repeatedly assured other countries that its military might poses no threat to other states, saying that its defense doctrine is entirely based on deterrence. |
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