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Iran Unveils S-300 Surface-to-Air Missile System

M.H. Jahanpanah
Mohammad Shaltoki

A formation of three Saeqeh-1/2 aircraft (a version of the F-5 modified by Owj Industries, with twin tailfins) was part of the flying display. During Tehran’s military parade, the Iranian air force flew 24 fighter aircraft including the F-4E, F-5F, F-14A, FT-7, Mig-29B/UB and Saeqeh.

Mohammad Shaltoki

A formation of two Iranian F-14As and one F-4E, along with a Boeing 707-3J9C tanker, took part in the flying display. The Iranian air force, the last user of F-14s since the U.S. Navy retired the type in 2006, has managed to keep the F-14s airworthy for nearly four decades, despite sanctions on Iran and the resulting lack of spare parts for the Tomcats.

M.H. Jahanpanah

A pair of Iranian army Boeing CH-47C Chinook helicopters were among the approximately 50 army helicopters that participated in the Tehran parade, including the Bell 206, 209 and 214. 

M.H. Jahanpanah

Iran displayed elements of the Russia-supplied S-300 air defense system, which includes a command post, truck for towed long-range target acquisition radar and mobile radio antenna. 

M.H. Jahanpanah

Iran received the first batch of S-300 systems this month, nine years after the contract was signed. The deal was blocked in 2010 due to pressures from the West.

M.H. Jahanpanah

The truck pictured will tow the Russian S-300 system through Iran. 

M.H. Jahanpanah

A domestically manufactured radar system called Hafez was on display in the parade as well. Hafez is a medium-range, phased array, active radar with a range of 250 km (155 mi.). 

M.H. Jahanpanah

The Iranian air force displayed the new Fakour-90 air-to-air missile that was developed for use on the Iranian F-14 fleet. It is an upgraded version of the AIM-54 Phoenix long-range missile, which Iran received with the F-14 from the U.S. in 1970. 

M.H. Jahanpanah

Zoobin, a television-guided air-to-surface missile, was part of the first generation of Iranian precision-guided munitions. Other precision-guided munitions displayed during the parade were the GBU-67/9A Qadr, an electro-optical glide bomb; GBU-78 Qassed; Sattar-4 missile; and an Iranian land-attack cruise missile.

M.H. Jahanpanah

An S-200 surface-to-air missile system also was in the parade.

M.H. Jahanpanah

The Talash medium-range surface-to-air missile system is a reverse-engineered version of Raytheon’s RIM-66 Standard MR missile. The Iranian army classifies the Talash as the second member of the Sayyad family of air-defense weapons.

M.H. Jahanpanah

The parade included the Noor/Qader long-range anti-ship cruise missile, a reverse-engineered upgraded variant of the Chinese C-802 missile.

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Iran for the first time displayed parts of the recently received Russian S-300 missile defense system during the annual Army Day parade in Tehran on April 17. The parade also included new indigenously developed or modified weapons and equipment, including a new medium-range radar. 

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