On October 18, Iran's 10-year arms embargo period finally ended, which also meant the failure of American "sanctions diplomacy", and the United States became a "joke" in the world. How can the United States be willing to do this? In order to fight back, Iran held a large-scale air defense exercise "SkyGuard-99" on the 21st, sending a signal to the United States that "Iran has sufficient strength for homeland defense and is not afraid of US military threats." In this exercise, Iran used 100% localized weapons and equipment for the first time, covering more than half of the country's territory. The Bavar-373 anti-aircraft missile used during this exercise made it possible to confirm that Iran is preparing for the next "strike means" of the United States. The missile was unveiled in August 2016 and was described by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as an air defense system comparable to the Russian S-400.
Bavar-373 (Bavar-373) "Faith" is a surface-to-air missile system independently designed by Iran in 2010. When the Iranian nuclear issue intensified, the United Nations imposed an arms embargo on Iran. In response to the changing international environment and increasing air defense pressure, "faith" came into being.
According to Iranian official sources, Barwal-373 uses a vertical, cold launch device, equipped with "Hunter-4" (Sayyad) air defense missiles, which can hit various air targets, including fighters, stealth aircraft, drones, Cruise and ballistic missiles have a maximum range of 200 kilometers. The maximum shooting height is also 27 kilometers.
In addition, the air defense system is also equipped with a new "Malachi" phased array radar, which can detect targets 300 kilometers away, with a tracking range of 260 kilometers, and can search for up to 100 targets. Simultaneous tracking of up to 60 targets, one time It can lock 6 targets and guide 12 missiles to attack.
During the embargo period, Iranian Defense Minister Amir Khatami said that Tehran will not develop unconventional missiles, but will increase its deterrence by improving the accuracy and speed of the missiles and defend national rights and interests. Now that the embargo period is over, do you think Iran will secretly develop nuclear weapons to deal with US "deterrence"? The
Barwal-373 is installed on the chassis of a heavy tactical truck, so off-road performance and flexibility are excellent, and it takes only 5 minutes to enter the combat state from the marching state. A Bharwal-373 combat unit includes 6 launch vehicles equipped with 4 interceptor missiles, 2 radars (one is responsible for air search, the other is responsible for tracking and guiding attacks), a combat command center and other supporting equipment.
Since its debut, the system has been accompanied by fierce reactions from Western countries, and it has tried every means to prove that it violated the agreement. The United States even allowed Iran to bear the "black pan" of the "tank tanker attack in the Gulf region" without evidence. "And adopted a series of sanctions. It's really to "beat down" Iran, and the United States does everything! Does
really surpass the Russian S-300, and is comparable in performance to the S-400? From the data point of view, the performance of Barwal-373 is not bad, but if you want to compare, you need to "touch" the reality. However, it is certain that the system can increase Iran’s air defense capabilities.
Judging from the information disclosed so far, the United States will not easily let Iran go. Even if the embargo period is over, apart from China and Russia, I am afraid that no country will dare to confront the United States. Iran has deeply understood this and is actively dealing with it.
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