29 Mar 2024
Tuesday 12 March 2013 - 14:51
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Iran detects, repels US U2 reconnaissance plane: Cmdr.

Iran detects, repels US U2 reconnaissance plane: Cmdr.
A senior Iranian commander says the country identified and repelled an American U2 reconnaissance plane that was trying to intrude into Iranian airspace above the Sea of Oman.
Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili said on Tuesday that the countrys air defense systems identified the radar-evading plane on February 10 but it left the area after receiving a warning from Irans air-defense units.
The US U2 plane was flying from Pakistans southwest to the east of the Sea of Oman and was being monitored by our radar and electronic surveillance systems every moment, the Iranian commander said, adding that Irans Persian Gulf radar gave it a warning when it was trying to enter Irans airspace above the Sea of Oman and southeast of the Strait of Hormuz.
The plane, which is one of the worlds most technologically-advanced reconnaissance aircraft, probably intended to take images of and gather information about Irans southern region, he added.

Earlier in November, Irans Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said the Iranian military had driven away an unidentified aircraft violating the countrys airspace above Irans territorial waters in the Persian Gulf.

The Islamic Republic of Iran vigilantly and precisely monitors all the movements [of its enemies] and takes decisive, necessary and timely actions, Vahidi said.

On December 4, 2012, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy commander, Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, said his forces had captured a US ScanEagle drone over the waters of the Persian Gulf after it violated Iranian airspace.

In December 2011, the Iranian military grounded a US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft while it was flying over the Iranian city of Kashmar, some 225 kilometers (140 miles) from the Afghan border.

The US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft was brought down with minimal damage by the Iranian Army's electronic warfare unit. The aircraft is one of the United States' most advanced spy drones.

By Press TV

 

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