DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran successfully tested a domestically made anti-aircraft system, its English-language Press TV said on Monday, the latest in a series of military exercises Tehran has trumpeted in the face of hints that its nuclear sites could be attacked.
“The mid-range system … is capable of intercepting targets at a range of 50 km (30 miles) and can fly at an altitude of 75,000 feet,” state-run Press TV’s website said.
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said at a military parade displaying the weapons on Friday: “The system has been manufactured with the aim of confronting (hostile) U.S. aircraft.”
“The Ra’d air defense system is the first completely indigenous system of the Sepah (Revolutionary Guards), which has been designed and manufactured by committed Iranian technicians in the struggle for self-sufficiency,” Hajizadeh was quoted as saying by the Mehr news agency.
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