IRGC Aerospace Force Unveils SAR Radar, 700-Km-Range Navy Ballistic Missile
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force unveiled a SAR imaging radar mounted on the Shahed 129 drone as well as a new generation of Zolfaqar marine ballistic missile with a range of 700km.
The two home-made military products were unveiled at a permanent exhibition of strategic achievements of the IRGC Aerospace Force entitled the National Aerospace Park in Tehran on Sunday.
The SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radars) imaging radar is mounted on the home-made Shahed 129 drone and is a type of radar which surveys the surface of the earth by means of high-speed and high-frequency radio waves. It uses a type of active data collection where a sensor produces its own energy and then records the amount of that energy reflected back after interacting with the Earth.
SAR radar and Shahed 129 drone
Among the specifications of the SAR radar is the ability to work 24 hours a day in different weather conditions and providing images with high quality and high resolution that can have different military and civilian applications.
Another equipment which went on display for the first time at the exhibition was a new generation of Zolfaqar marine ballistic missiles called Zolfaqar Basir.
This missile enjoys the ability to hit the targets at the sea with a range of 700 km.
Zolfaqar missile
Earlier, the range of Iran’s ballistic marine missiles had been declared 300 km with the Persian Gulf and Hormuz missiles but now the range has increased to 700 km by manufacturing Zolfaqar Basir missiles.
The IRGC Aerospace Force inaugurated a permanent exhibition of its strategic achievements in Tehran on Sunday.
The exhibition dubbed as the National Aerospace Park was inaugurated in the presence of Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami, IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh and Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf.
Different products of the IRGC Aerospace Force in areas of the missile power, air defense, drones and air and space operations have been put on display in the exhibition.
Parts of the US Global Hawk that was shot down over Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf last year have been assembled and gone on display at the exhibition.
Late in April, the IRGC successfully launched and placed Iran’s first military satellite named Nour 1 (Light 1) into the orbit.
The IRGC fired the satellite aboard Qassed (Carrier) satellite carrier during an operation that was staged in Dasht-e Kavir, Iran’s sprawling Central desert.
The Launcher Qassed is a three-stage launcher using compound solid-liquid fuel.
The satellite was placed into the orbit 425km above Earth’s surface.
The satellite was sent to the space on the anniversary of the IRGC establishment (April 22, 1979).
Also, in July, the IRGC fired ballistic missiles buried deep into the ground during the second day of massive ‘Great Prophet-14’ drills in the Southern parts of the country.
General Hajizadeh said at the time that Iran is the first country in the world that has fired camouflaged ballistic missiles buried deep into the ground during the military drills.
“It was the first time in the world that ballistic missiles were fired from beneath soil,” General Hajizadeh told reporters on the sidelines of the second day of massive ‘Great Prophet-14’ drills in the Southern parts of the country.
He added that the missiles were launched without using platforms and equipment, noting that the hidden missiles tear up the ground from where they are buried, fly and hit the target.
