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Irani also said that Nawab, a domestically-developed medium-range surface-to-air missile system, was installed on the Sahand destroyer. Point-defense weapon systems for detecting and destroying incoming missiles and enemy aircraft and anti-missile systems have also been used in the indigenous destroyer.
The Misagh-2 (Also known as Mithaq-2 [2]) is an Iranian man-portable infrared-guided surface-to-air missile.The Misagh-2 is the successor to the Misagh-1.Like its predecessor, the Misagh-2 is based on Chinese technology, [3] and in particular is believed to be an Iranian copy of the Chinese QW-1M MANPADS.
Images taken by commercial satellite firm Planet Labs of the Modarres military base in March and the Khojir missile production complex in April show more than 30 new buildings at the two sites ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An American researcher said an Israeli airstrike on Saturday hit a building that was part of Iran's defunct nuclear weapons development program, and he and another researcher ...
State-run IRNA news agency reported that the Sahand destroyer, being repaired at a wharf lost its balance due to water infiltration into the tanks. Sahand, named after a mountain in northern Iran ...
In photos, the missile systems were painted in light blue, the color used in the Soviet military for training material (a training SA-7 round would not have the guidance system). 2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident : On 22 November 2003, an Airbus A300 B4-203F cargo plane , operating on behalf of DHL was hit by an SA-14 missile, which ...
Iranian frigate Sahand (Persian: سهند) was a British-made Vosper Mark V class frigate (also known as the Alvand class) commissioned as part of a four-ship order. She was launched in 1969. The ship was originally called Faramarz, named after a character in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh.
Despite Israel housing some of the best air defences in the world, its anti-missile systems failed to deter drone attacks by Iran-backed Hezbollah, which have killed dozens in the north of the ...