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Iran ready to provide air defense systems to Syria if Syrian government requests 11502163.
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Defence & Security News - Iran / syria
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Iran will spare no effort to provide Syria with assistance in the air defense field, if Syrian government requests, commander of Iran's Khatam ol-Anbiya Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili said.
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 Mersad Air Defense Missile System is a completely indigenized system developed by the Iranian experts and technicians. |
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He underlined that Iran’s activities in Syria is only in the form of advisory help as the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei asserted, Tasnim news agency reported Feb. 14.
While commenting about possible deploy of Saudi Arabia’s ground troops to Syria, Esmaili said that any presence in Syria without coordination with the Damascus government will bring nothing but failure. Tehran has always expressed support for the Syrian government since it views the Assad regime as its main strategic ally in the region and as part of an "axis of resistance" against Israel. Iran has developed locally a full range of air defense system as the Mersad using the Shahin missile based on the original American-made I-HAWK delivered to Iran or the Shahab Thaqeb based to French Thomson-CSF Airsys Crotale system which was captured during the Gulf War with Iraq.Iran has in recent years made great headways in manufacturing a broad range of military equipment, including the air defense systems that use cutting edge technologies. In 2014, Iran has unveiled a new local-made surface-to-air defense missile system named Talaash. |
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 Iranian-made Talaash surface-to-air defense missile system |
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