Russian personnel of the 76th Air Defense Division conducted practice intercepts against 30 missiles and other aerial threats designed to simulate a massed attack by enemy capabilities. The threats flew at altitudes ranging from 100 meters to several kilometers. Interceptors were fired from the Buk M-2, Tor, Pantsir-S, S-300, and S-400 systems. The Ministry of...
On September 10, Iran announced that it had successfully conducted a ballistic missile intercept test of its Bavar-373 air defense system last year. The Bavar-373 is an indigenously produced version of the Russian S-300 air defense system. Iran’s Deputy Air Defense Commander General Mahmoud Ebrahiminejad stated, “It [the Bavar-373] is more reliable and stronger than...
On January 6, deputy commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Gen. Abolfazl Sepehrirad said the Bavar-373 air and missile defense missile system had successfully completed all initial testing. The indigenously produced Bavar-373 is designed to intercept cruise missiles, drones, combat aircraft, and ballistic missiles at terminal altitudes, and employs three different missile variants...
On September 24, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) displayed the country’s S-300 surface-to-air missile system publicly for the first time. Iran showed the Russian-made defense system, along with Iran’s Sejjil and Ghadr medium-range ballistic missiles, near the Parliament building in Tehran for the IRGC’s annual Defense Week, which marks the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq...
On September 4-7, units from Russia, Armenia, Belarus, and Kyrgyzstan drilled together as part of the Combat Commonwealth 2017 CIS joint air defense exercise. Over 1,500 soldiers participated and multiple systems were tested, including the Pantsir S-1, S-300, and S-400 Triumf. The drill reportedly included countering a variety of targets, from unmanned aerial vehicles to ballistic...
According to unnamed U.S. government sources, Iran test-launched two Fateh-110 ballistic missiles from an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps base In Bandar-e-Jask, in southeastern Iran on March 4th and 5th. According these reports, the first missile test failed, despite allegedly landing “in the vicinity” of its target. However, the next day’s test was deemed a success,...
Over the weekend, Russia emplaced a new, modified version of the S-300 (SA-23) air defense system at its naval base at Tartus in Syria. The system expands the range of Russia’s anti-air capability into Turkey and eastern Syria and comes after the collapse of a U.S.-Russia brokered ceasefire and the suspension of talks with Moscow...
