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Iran's missile defense to be ready next year
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September 4, 2012, Tuesday
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IRAN has built about 30 percent of a missile defense system it is developing in place of the Russian S-300 system Moscow refused to sell it, and hopes to complete the system by next year, a senior military official said yesterday.
Farzad Esmaili, commander of the army's air defense force, also reiterated that Iran will hold a large-scale air defense exercise in the next two months covering the whole country, the Iranian Students' News Agency reported.
"We will use whatever we have in order to defend Iran," Esmaili said. "Today the main threat is an air threat, because it achieves quick results, therefore it was felt it was necessary that air defences work independently. "One of our missions is being vigilant over sensitive centres like refineries and nuclear sites."
"A new, more advanced system with higher capabilities than the S-300 in detecting, identifying and destroying targets is pending," he said. "About 30 percent of the work related to building the Bavar-373 has been completed and we will make efforts so that we can announce the completion of this project by next year."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged world powers on Sunday to make clear to Iran that they would not let it obtain nuclear arms. Israeli rhetoric has stoked speculation that Israel might attack Iran's nuclear sites, some buried deep underground, before the US presidential election in November.
Farzad Esmaili, commander of the army's air defense force, also reiterated that Iran will hold a large-scale air defense exercise in the next two months covering the whole country, the Iranian Students' News Agency reported.
"We will use whatever we have in order to defend Iran," Esmaili said. "Today the main threat is an air threat, because it achieves quick results, therefore it was felt it was necessary that air defences work independently. "One of our missions is being vigilant over sensitive centres like refineries and nuclear sites."
"A new, more advanced system with higher capabilities than the S-300 in detecting, identifying and destroying targets is pending," he said. "About 30 percent of the work related to building the Bavar-373 has been completed and we will make efforts so that we can announce the completion of this project by next year."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged world powers on Sunday to make clear to Iran that they would not let it obtain nuclear arms. Israeli rhetoric has stoked speculation that Israel might attack Iran's nuclear sites, some buried deep underground, before the US presidential election in November.
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