TEHRAN (Tasnim) � The Iranian military experts have managed to mount home-made air defense missile, dubbed the Sayyad 2 (Hunter 2), on the mobile version of the country�s S-200 air defense system, a senior commander announced Saturday.
Speaking in a press conference here in Tehran today, Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili said the Iranian experts have adapted the Sayyad 2 missiles to be launched from S-200 air defense system batteries.


�Today, the S-200 system is capable of firing the Sayyad 2 missile apart from its (original) long-range missiles,� he explained.

Earlier in November, Iranian defense minister inaugurated the assembly line for mass production of the Sayyad 2, which he said is meant to counter possible aerial threats against the country.

�The missile has a solid-fuel engine, works with combined navigation system and has high operational capabilities,� Iran's defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said at the time.

Sayyad 2 is a medium-range, high altitudes air defense missile and is capable of hitting all kinds of choppers, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other targets with a small cross-section to be detected by radars.

The Islamic Republic managed to produce the mobile version of S-200 air defense system, which it had earlier reverse-engineered from its Russian version. The country also decided to produce Bavar-373 missile defense system after Russia's refusal to sell S-300 systems to the country.

S-200 is a very long range, medium-to-high altitude surface-to-air missile system designed in the 1960s to defend large areas from bomber attack or other strategic aircraft. Each battalion has 6 single-rail missile launchers for the 10.72 m (35 ft) long missiles and a fire control radar. It can be linked to other, longer-range radar systems.

By Tasnim News Agency

 

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