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Iran continues to bolster its air defense network amid high tensions with the United States and Israel over its nuclear program.
Video footage posted to social networks on April 13 revealed the redeployment of several air defense systems in an unidentified part of the country. Two Sevom Khordad transporter erector launcher and radar (TELR), one Tabas TELR and an unidentified radar can be seen in the footage.
The Sevom Khordad and Tabas are made in Iran. They are mainly armed with the local Taer 2 anti-aircraft radar-guided missile that has a range of 50 kilometers.
Both systems can also employ the local Sayyad-2 anti-aircraft missile, which is also guided by radar, and has a range of 40 to 75 kilometers, depending on the version.
Last week, Oman hosted the first round of indirect nuclear talks between Iran and the U.S. However, tensions between the two remain high
The U.S. military boosted its presence close to Iran with two aircraft carriers, strategic stealth bombers, fighter jets, combat drones and additional air defenses in recent months.
President Donlad Trump warned ahead of the talks that the U.S. was ready for a military option, noting that “Israel will obviously be very much involved in that. They’ll be the leader of that.”
Despite describing the first round of talks with the U.S. in Oman as constructive, Iran appears to be preparing for the worst.
The military of the Islamic Republic is mainly focusing on improving its air defense network. Just last week, satellite images revealed that another locally-made Meraj-4 S-band early warning 3D electronically scanned array radar with a range of up to 500 kilometers was put into service in the southeastern Iranian province of Khuzestan.
In addition, reports from last month revealed that Iran had completed the construction of another Ghadir very high frequency radar with a range of 1,100 kilometers. Progress in the construction of more advanced over the horizon radars was also reported.
Iran’s advanced air defense network will for sure complicate any U.S. and Iran plans to attack nuclear facilities there. However, stopping any such attack will not be easy due to the vast size of the country.
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a preemptive bombing attack on a iran might justify the actual creation and use of such a weapon preemptively at some point in the future on israel. however a preemptive elimination of israel’s nukes along with abiding by usa law prohibiting aid to israel should also be considered.
iran would know the timing of (leo) satellites and is likely putting some :chips on the bargaining table
wonder what all the human rights experts and international law experts will say when the usa and prescious isreal attack iran without any legal base. probably pretend that this is perfectly fine and legal while still calling out russia for the worst agression and mass killing in europe since world war 2. oh and of course nothing is happenig in isreal just dont look…
international laws have been created for the goyim only.
i hope iran calls trump’s bluff. 😬
apparently trump has decided that the chickenchit netanyahu and the welfare funded banana republic of israel aren’t worth the blood of thousands of american soldiers and the trillions of us treasure that a war with iran would cost. m.a.fi.a. make america first again. remember the uss liberty!
unfortunately with regards to the uss liberty, people are simply just remembering this blatant treachery, and that’s it.
🇷🇺=🤡 😆😆😆