A senior Iranian Air Defense commander said on Monday that Iran’s radar systems can detect all flying objects in the entire region, even in the Persian Gulf littoral states.
“In addition to the southern borders and waters, all Persian Gulf littoral states are under the cover of the radars of the Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base,” Commander of the Air Defense Unit of Southeastern Iran General Habibollah Alizadeh told FNA.
Referring to the production of radar equipment and instruments inside the country, he said that Iran has gained self-sufficiency in producing radar systems and it is no more dependent on any foreign countries in this ground.
Iran in February announced self-sufficiency in the production of radars with a senior Iranian commander stressing that Tehran is now able to produce all types of radars by itself.
“We have the honor to announce that we have reached full self-sufficiency in the production of different types of the needed radars with different ranges and frequency bands,” Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Ahmad Miqani said.
“We have attained outstanding progress in area of manufacturing and optimizing different types of defense systems and information and communication systems,” the commander added.
Also, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi announced at the same time that the country’s radar systems are capable of detecting every target in the air.
“Today, we own sea-based and ground-based radars as well as radars which are capable of identifying multiple air targets in various frequencies and different altitudes,” Vahidi said at the time.
(FARS News Agency)
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If that was the case, they would say nothing. No one “boasts” about the capabilities of their weapons systems, unless they are bluffing.
…and Egypt won the Six Day War.
Note that if public announcements reflected one’s military ability, Egypt would have won the Six Day War, and Iraq (previous regime) would rule the Middle East.
Very short, unclassified response to:
“Our Radar Can Detect Any and All Incoming Aircraft”
No, it can’t.
They may be boasting because they fear that even if they do spot the Israeli jets, the Israeli pilots are so good that they can get through and accomplish their mission anyway.
Israel must be very wary of underestimating the capabilities, of the enemy.