Iranian Air Defense Units Exercise Detecting, Confronting Invading Aircraft

Iranian air defense forces tested their capability to detect and repel enemy air raid in the massive wargames currently underway in Southern Iran.

Iranian Air Defense Unit started massive air defense drills, codenamed ‘Sarallah’, in Iran’s Southern regions on Monday to test the latest radar and missile defense systems.

During the current phase of drills, the air defense units of the Iranian Armed Forces under the command of Khatam ol-Anbia base managed to detect and identify invading aircraft and started confrontation with the enemy warplanes using air defense systems and Scramble and CAP air defense planes.

Later, the invading planes started waging electronic warfare to disrupt air defense systems but they were forced to leave the Iranian airspace after their raid failed and they were defeated by the air defense units’ anti-jamming and electronic warfare measures.

Iran’s home-made air defense radar systems can easily detect cruise missiles and drones.

Last week, Commander of Khatom ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli announced that the country’s Armed Forces have launched new radar and missile systems with various ranges.

Tens of radar and missile systems with various ranges have been manufactured and deployed in Iran’s defense sector so far and new systems are on their way to join the defense network during the 10-Day Dawn celebrations, which began on February 1 to mark the 33th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Esmayeeli said at the time.

Iran has recently renewed and upgraded the weapons and defense systems of its air defense units. Late in September, Iran equipped its air defense units across the country with large numbers of the home-made Mersad Air Defense Missile System.

In November and during the massive air defense exercises in Iran, the power, capability, weapons and military systems of the Rapid Reaction units of Iran’s Air Defense Force were tested.

The Iranian Air Defense Force’s rapid reaction units used their state-of-the-art, home-made weapons and systems, including multi-frequency radar equipment, anti-aircraft canons and different types of air defense missiles to force hypothetical enemy aircraft out of the country’s air space.

Later in the drills, the rapid reaction units tested their ability against the hypothetical enemies’ surprised night raids and blitzkrieg with full radio silence.