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Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:53
Iran Tests 'Asr' Phased Array Radar in Gulf of Aden
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran released the first images of 'Asr' phased array radar mounted on its home-made Jamaran destroyer after two months of operational tests in the Gulf of Aden.
Asr phased array radar was unveiled in November 2013 in a ceremony participated by Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army Brigadier General Abdul-Rahim Mousavi and Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari.

But the new images are the first to be released of a phased array radar system mounted on an Iranian warship. The home-made phased array radar was caught on cameras for the first time during the massive military drills staged in the Southern and Southeastern parts of Iran on December 25-31.

The long-range radar is capable of detecting and identifying targets with a radar cross section of 4 meters in a 200km distance.
Asr which has also been mounted on Iran's other home-made Damavand and Sahand destroyers, can be used in different naval missions and in detection of aerial targets, including cruise missiles.

Jamaran destroyer- being equipped with Asr radar- was sent to the Gulf of Aden two months ago as part of the Iranian Navy's 32nd flotilla of warships along with Bushehr logistic and combat warship and it returned to Iran's territorial waters to take part in the last week's wargames codenamed Mohammad Rasoulallah (PBUH); it returned to the Gulf of Aden again after fulfilling its mission during the drills.

In recent years, Iran has made major breakthroughs in its defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing important military equipment and systems.

Iran has locally made radar systems with different ranges up to some 1,850 miles (3,000 kilometers).

Iran in November unveiled and successfully tested a new home-made long-range radar system named Sepehr (Sky) with the capability of detecting satellite and space objects' trajectories.

"The Sepehr radar system covers a range of over 2,500 kilometers and can detect stealth targets and micro UAVs at low, medium and high altitudes while it can also very easily identify and detect ballistic, semi-ballistic and cruise missiles," Lieutenant Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Shahrokh Shahram said addressing the unveiling ceremony.

The commander underlined that Sepehr could successfully pass all tests.

Also in November, the radar went under a last test of operation and assessment, and General Shahram said the results were successful and "the information gathered by the radar during its last assessment test was for the first time fed into the country's integrated radar and air defense network".

The General said Sepehr provides the air defense units to identify hostile targets far from the country's borders, leaving them with more time for decision-making and reaction.

In August 2013, Iran announced that it has finalized construction of space radars to detect satellite and space objects' trajectories, adding that the country is now using new passive phased array radars to detect stealth targets and cruise missiles.

"The executive stages of Sepehr (Sky) space radar with the range of over 2,500km have been accomplished and the point for its deployment has also been specified," Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli told reporters in Tehran at the time.

He also pointed to the designing and building of new passive phased array radars under the name of 'Soundless Project', and said, "The radar is capable of detecting stealth (radar-evading) targets and cruise missiles and enjoys a high movement and mobility capabilities and acts in different ranges."
 
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Is the Raad air defence system is good as the BUK system?
There is a great article in Persian that compares the two from every aspect. It is believed that Raad missile, called Taer, is more capable of its Russian counterpart due to some modifications in the shape and location of the fins that help the agility of the missile. Here is an article from NATO branch in Canada regarding Iran's AD systems. I have underlined the area that covers RAAD.

Atlantic Council of Canada » Iran’s Developing Military Capabilities Part III: Air Defences Section I

Note: This is part three of a series of articles on Iran’s developing military capabilities. The first article, on Iran’s ballistic missiles and the second is on Iran’s battlefield rockets and cruise missiles.
Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program has overshadowed most discussions on Iran in the past decade. In addition to Iran’s land-attack conventionally armed missiles and rockets discussed in the previous articles, Iran’s air defences have been under the spotlight given its role in any potential Israeli and/or American airstrike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. As a result, in the past decade (examples from 2006 and 2014) much ink has been devoted to the ability of Israel and the United States to conduct effective airstrikes in Iran. Unfortunately, these analyses are either outdated (the 2006 report), or, more frequently, paying scant attention to the modernization of Iran’s air defence capabilities (the 2014 report).

Iranian Mobile Hawk Missile
For many years Iran’s air defences mainly consisted of aged (pre-1979) American and Soviet-era surface to air missiles (SAMs) and anti-aircraft artillery (AAA). Linking these systems was a radar network also composed of (pre-1979) outdated Soviet-era and pre-1979 American radar. Moreover, Iran’s air force is a pale shadow of its former glory. It has just a few dozen aircraft operational and combat-capable at any time due to a severe shortage of spare parts (mainly for its pre-1979 supplied American aircraft) and an increasingly aging fleet.
Prior to the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the breakdown in relations with the United States, Iran developed a large air force and bought hundreds of the most capable aircraft made in the United States. These aircraft not only allowed Iran to develop a powerful offensive air force, but were also the mainstay of Iran’s air defences. The country’s vastness and its mountainous terrain are not conducive to ground-based air defences. As such, analysts looking at Iran’s air defences in the context of a Israeli and/or American airstrike on nuclear facilities have prudently written off Iran’s air defences. But in the past few years, Iran has revealed impressive developments that while insufficient for preventing the United States from engaging in a pre-emptive air strike, certainly reduce Israel’s chances and increase the risk for both Washington and Jerusalem.
The first sign of Iran’s air defence modernization emerged with the unveiling of the Mersad SAM system in 2010. The Mersad is a reverse engineered derivate of the American medium-range Hawk SAM system (40km range), the mainstay of Iran’s SAM forces. The ‘original’ American-supplied Hawk is old in terms of its electronic components, and has insufficient range to deal with aircraft conducting ‘standoff’ (i.e., long way from target) airstrikes with precision guided munitions. Nevertheless, the Mersad provides Iran with a Hawk SAM system that is fully digital and is Iran’s first serious attempt to address the shortcomings of its air defence system. In addition to upgrading the Hawk system’s radar, Iran has also upgraded the system’s missiles with the Shahin and Shalamcheh missiles. Iran has also developed a mobile version of the Mersad system known as the Ghader.
Iran has also been busy upgrading its older air defence systems. It has been upgrading the missiles and the launchers of the (very) long-ranged static SA-5 system, reportedly even making the system mobile to an unspecified degree (the SA-5 is a very heavy and bulky system). Similarly, the Chinese derivate of the French Crotale system, the FM-80, has been modernized into the Ya Zahra towed short-range system and its mobile truck-mounted variant, the Herz-9. Iran has also upgraded its medium-range SA-6 system. Most noticeably, it has developed a more cost-effective and lower-signature truck-based launcher to replace the tracked launcher the system was originally mounted on. This upgraded system, the Ra’ad-1, also incorporates at least two new sensors (1, 2) that combine radar and electro-optical detection in addition to the SA-6’s organic sensors.

Raad Anti-Air Missile System
The increasing use of electro-optical sensors is important in that they will function even in a heavily jammed electronic environment where radar may cease to function. A similar system utilizes a missile similar to that used by the Russian/Soviet Buk system, the Soviet successor system to the SA-6. This system, the Ra’ad-2, is believed to utilize the same combined radar and electro-optical detection systems used by the Ra’ad-1 and a new missile, believed to be derivate from that used by the Buk, known as the Taer missile family (more below). In other words, Iran has adopted a newer, longer-ranged and more sophisticated missile for its upgraded SA-6 SAMs.
The origins of the Ra’ad-2 system are unclear in that Iran is not reported to have received the Buk system from Russia or any other country. While Iran may have received the systems from Syria and/or Belarus (amongst others), the large number of units displayed makes the Iranian claim that the system is being nationally produced more credible. Moreover, the missiles exhibit a number of important design distinctions that makes them more than mere copies.
The Ra’ad-2 and its associated missiles (Taer-1, Taer-2, Taer-2B; no details are given on the difference(s) between the models) are utilized by a confusing array of mobile launchers. Moreover, these launchers utilize different radar systems in addition to the system apparently associated with the SA-6. The Taer missile is used by two different SAM systems that utilize two distinct search/engagement radar systems. The least-sophisticated radar that used on the
Tabas launcher, is similar to the ‘Fire Dome’ radar used by the Buk M1. The other launcher, the Third of Khordad, uses a phased array radar similar in general appearance, but different from the radar used on the latest version of the Buk, the Buk M2. Regardless of the launcher or radar used, the Taer missile has a range of approximately 50 kilometers, making it a medium-range system. It should be noted that the Taer missiles have a much higher reported flight ceiling (altitude) than the missiles used by Iran’s HAWK SAMs.
In addition to the aforementioned radar, there is also a longer-ranged search radar system known as the
Bashir. Notably, it is used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and not the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defence Forces (IRIADF). As such, the system is likely intended to defend vital political infrastructure (such as the Supreme leader’s palace) and protect Iran’s ballistic missile units.
Iran also appears to have produced an enlarged version of the Taer missile family. This missile, the Sadid-630, has been depicted on a poster present at a major Iranian arms exhibition alongside the Alam-ol-Hoda radar. The Alam-ol-Hoda is said to be a very high frequency (VHF) fire control radar that will guide the Sadid-630. Little is known about the Sadid-630 and the Alam-ol-Hoda radar. However, the imagery of the radar and the missile indicate that these systems have already been built and are at least at the prototype stage of development.
While the IRGC has adopted the various Taer missile equipped SAM systems, the IRIADF has adopted a different new medium-range SAM system, the Talash-2 SAM. The Talash utilizes the Sayyad-2 missile, a reverse-engineered derivate of the American RIM-66 Standard missile. The range of the Sayyad-2 missile is not known but is almost certainly at least 60km. It is unclear what radar(s) the Talash II utilizes, but an unknown multi-spectral sensor was displayed at a recent parade alongside the system. Iranian officials have previously described the Talash-2 SAM as being developed to serve as a medium-range component of the (very) long range SA-5 SAM system, but Iran will likely deploy the system as an independent SAM system as well.
Part four will continue covering Iran’s air defences.
 
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فروردین‌ماه ۹۴؛ رونمایی از سامانه‌ موشکی برد بلند "تلاش۳"
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خبرگزاری تسنیم: فرمانده قرار‌گاه پدافند‌ هوایی خاتم الانبیا(ص) ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران از رونمایی پروژه موشکی برد بلند" تلاش۳" همزمان با ۲۹ فروردین‌ماه خبر داد.

به گزارش خبرگزاری تسنیم از دامغان، امیر سرتیپ ستاد فرزاد اسماعیلی شب گذشته در گفت‌و‌گو با خبرنگاران در دانشگاه دامغان اظهار داشت: همزمان با 29 فروردین‌ماه روز ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران و حماسه‌آفرینی‌های نیروی زمینی ارتش کشورمان، پروژه " تلاش3" با برد موشکی بالا و متصل به سامانه "اس200" رونمایی می‌شود.

فرمانده قرار‌گاه پدافند‌هوایی خاتم الانبیا(ص) ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران با اشاره به آزمایش موفق برد کوتاه و برد متوسط این سامانه موشکی در گذشته، تصریح کرد: برد بالای این سامانه قدرتمند موشکی التهاب بزرگی برای دشمنان ایران اسلامی خواهد بود.

وی افزود: به‌لطف خداوند بعد از تفکیک و تشکیل قرارگاه پدافند هوایی، وضعیت دفاع هوایی کشور با انسجام نیروهای ارتش، سپاه و بسیج مردمی ارتقای چشمگیری داشته و امروز در بیش از سه‌هزار و 600 نقطه کشور گسترش یافته است که درصددیم نقاط استقرار دلاوران پدافند هوایی کشور را به پنج‌هزار نقطه افزایش دهیم.

فرزاد اسماعیلی خاطر‌نشان کرد: به‌دنبال آن هستیم که نقطه نفوذی برای ورود هواپیماهای باسرنشین و بدون سرنشین دشمن و اشکال مختلف حملات هوایی احتمالی در آینده که متصور هست، باقی نگذاریم.

فرمانده قرارگاه پدافند هوایی کشور، ایجاد پیوند و ارتباط منسجم با مراکز دانشگاهی کشور را از مهمترین اهداف این قرار‌گاه برشمرد و گفت: بخش قابل توجهی از پیشرفت‌های امروز صنایع دفاعی و ایستادگی کشور در برابر دشمنان حاصل پتانسیل موجود در دانشگاه‌ها و دانشجویان ایران اسلامی است.

وی با اشاره به تفاهم‌نامه‌های متعدد نظری و تحقیقاتی قرار‌گاه پدافند‌ هوایی خاتم الانبیا(ص) با اکثر دانشگاه‌های معتبر کشور، اظهار داشت: امیدواریم تفاهم‌نامه‌هایی را با دانشگاه دامغان نیز در بخش پدافند عامل و غیرعامل در بخش‌های نظری و صنعتی منعقد کنیم و این مرکز و دانشجویان پویای آن نیز همچون سایر دانشگاه‌های ایران اسلامی در حوزه دفاع هوایی گام‌های رو به جلو و مثبتی را بردارند.

اسماعیلی تصریح کرد: همه دانشجویان و جوانان ایرانی عاشق خدمت به میهن و نظام اسلامی‌شان هستند، اما در صورت ارائه طرح‌ها و پروژه‌های کاربردی در حوزه دفاع هوایی، به جمع همرزمان ما می‌پیوندند و با توجه به نوع پروژه و زمانی که صرف آن می‌شود در کاهش مدت زمان خدمت سربازی آنان مؤثر است.



خبرگزاری بین المللی تسنیم - فروردین‌ماه ۹۴؛ رونمایی از سامانه‌ موشکی برد بلند "تلاش۳"



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آغاز تحقیقات برای ساخت "فالانکس ایرانی"/ مدافع جدید ناوهای نداجا در راه است + جزئیات
خبرگزاری تسنیم: فرمانده نیروی دریایی ارتش از آغاز فرآیند تحقیقات برای ساخت نمونه ایرانی سامانه دفاع دریایی فالانکس خبر داد.
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ه گزارش خبرنگار دفاعی خبرگزاری تسنیم، نیروی دریایی ارتش آمریکا از یک سامانه دفاعی دریایی مشهور برای دفاع در مقابل موشک‌های کروز و سایر تهدیدات استفاده می‌کند که فالانکس (Phalanx CIWS) نام دارد.
این سامانه در واقع یک گاتلینگ 6 لول با گلوله‌های 20 میلیمتری است که با سرعت بالا و شلیک‌های پیاپی می‌تواند به سوی یک موشک کروز شلیک کند. این سامانه که به سامانه ضدکروز هم مشهور است، از یک رادار بهره جسته و گاتلینگ (سلاح) نیز در داخل یک برجک قرار گرفته که می‌تواند مسلسل را به سرعت تغییر جهت دهد.
در حال حاضر، جمهوری اسلامی ایران مدت‌هاست که از گاتلینگ‌های متعددی بهره می‌برد. شاید یکی از بهترین و کارآمدترین گاتلینگ‌های بومی و ایرانی "محرم" باشد. این مسلسل همچون گاتلینگ M-61، شش لول است اما در کالیبر، محرم 12.7 میلیمتری و ام61 از گلوله‌های کالیبر 20میلیمتری بهره می‌برد.

گفتنی است، گاتلینگ ام61 آمریکایی که هم‌اکنون روی اکثر جنگنده‌های این کشور نیز نصب است و در ایران نیز، هیمن گاتلینگ روی تعدادی از جنگنده‌های نهاجا نصب و عملیاتی است.
در همین زمینه، امیر دریادار سیاری فرمانده نیروی دریایی ارتش در گفت‌وگو با خبرنگار دفاعی خبرگزاری تسنیم، درباره این سامانه گفت: نوع غربی سامانه فالانکس، پییشرفته‌ترین نوع آن است و جمهوری اسلامی ایران نیز در جهت تولید این سامانه‌ حتما گام برمی‌دارد.

وی با بیان اینکه باید نیروی دریایی ارتش به سیستم‌های دفاعی قوی و روز دنیا مجهز شود، تأکید کرد: هم‌اکنون کار تحقیقاتی روی سامانه فالانکس برای ساخت نمونه ایرانی آن شروع شده است

.فرمانده نیروی دریایی ارتش در ادامه اظهار داشت: تقریبا هیچ سامانه‌ای نیست که در جهت تحقیقات آن اقدام نکرده باشیم. ما از همان روز که امام(ره) دستور دادند، در تتولید محصولات دفاعی خودکفا باشید، از همان موقع روی پای خود ایستاده‌ایم

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