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Air Force Chief: “Iran to Build Semi-Heavy Fighter Jets”
2014-02-12 Read More...
Iran plans to build semi-heavy and training jets, a senior Air Force Commander announced last week, adding that the country’s experts have equipped Mirage fighters with state-of-the-art home-made

Iran Upgrading Smart Bomb Platform
2014-02-06 Read More...
The Iranian Air Force Deputy Chief Liaison Officer, General Aziz Nasirzadeh, announced that the country is developing its smart bombs production program and plans to mount air-based cruise missiles on all its fighter

Iran Enhances Radar System of Hawk Missile Defense Shield
2014-02-04 Read More...
Iran has doubled the range of the area covered by the radar systems of its mid-range Hawk air defense missile shield and improved its tracking and targeting capability by 40%, Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad

Iran May Mount Sayyad-2 Missile on Mowj-Class Vessels
2014-01-30 Read More...
Iran is considering a number of changes in its powerful and high-precision missiles dubbed “Sayyad (Hunter) 2” to use it on its Mowj-class vessels, a senior Navy Commander

Iran to Send Team to Russia to Discuss S-300 Substitute
2014-01-17 Read More...
The Iranian Defense Ministry is due to send a delegation to Russia to discuss delivery of a substitute for S-300 defense shield (photo), a Legislator revealed earlier this

Iran Planning New Tactic for S-200 Missile System
2014-01-07 Read More...
Commander of Iran’s Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli said Iran still continues to optimize its indigenized S-200 anti-aircraft missile shield and plans a new tactical use for the

Iran, Qatar to Hold Joint Coast Guards Drills
2013-12-31 Read More...
Iran and Qatar plan to hold their first coast guard drill in the near future, a senior Iranian Commander

Iran to Dispatch Next Flotilla to High Seas Early 2014
2013-12-24 Read More...
Iran plans to dispatch its flotilla of warships to the high seas in early 2014 to protect the country’s cargo ships and oil tankers against pirate attacks, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said

Iran Unveils New Long-range Radar System
2013-12-19 Read More...
Iran unveiled a newly-developed advanced radar system with high target detection

Jafari: “All Parts of Iran Equipped with Missile Launchers”
2013-12-16 Read More...
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said each and every part of Iran can fire missiles at enemy targets, adding that these launch points equipped with various firing methods are

Iran Unveils New Long-Range Radar
2013-12-09 Read More...
The Iranian Navy unveiled its new long-range phased array radar system called “Asr” this past

Three New Warships Join Iranian Navy Fleet
2013-12-03 Read More...
The Iranian Navy expanded its fleet by launching three new warships Sunday, a Senior Navy Commander

Iranian Army to Conduct Asymmetric Wargames
2013-11-14 Read More...
The Iranian Army will conduct massive asymmetric drills under actual battle conditions, Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan

Iran Stages 5 Civil Defense Drills
2013-10-28 Read More...
Head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali announced that Iran is staging five civil defense exercises this week (26 October-01

Iran’s Armed Forces Hold Air Defense Drills
2013-10-22 Read More...
The Iranian Armed Forces, including the Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), have taken part in massive air defense exercises in October, a senior Iranian Commander announced on

Iranian, Russian Air Commanders Discuss Cooperation
2013-10-21 Read More...
Iranian Air Force Commander Brigadier General Hassan Shah Safi and his Russian counterpart Lieutenant General Viktor Bondarev discussed mutual cooperation in a meeting in Tehran on

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