Army, IRGC air defense units launch large-scale drills
Iran’s Armed Forces launched a large-scale military exercise featuring the country’s domestically-developed air defense missile systems, radars, electronic warfare devices, communication systems and an integrated air defense network.
The joint aerial maneuvers, attended by air defense divisions of Iran’s Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and codenamed Modafe’an-e Asseman-e Velayat 1401 (Guardians of Velayat Sky 1401), kicked off in the country’s northwestern, western and central areas on Tuesday morning, Press TV reported.
Second Brigadier General Amir Farajpour said the deployment of air defense systems, with special significance given to their mobility and agility, was carried out at the first stage of the drill.
Farajpour explained that the measures were taken in accordance with the principles of passive defense in order to deceive the mock enemy.
Also, secure and multilayered communication was established among defense systems, command and control centers, and the country’s integrated air defense network in order to adopt proper decisions in case of a threat.
Farajpour said the exercise covers two-thirds of the Iranian airspace, adding that manned and unmanned aircraft of Iran’s Army and IRGC conducted reconnaissance sorties over the area, before detection and combat systems carried out tactical and defensive operations against the mock enemy’s aircraft.
The senior Iranian military official noted that control and command centers are using active and passive radar systems capable of signal and electro-optical monitoring of the exercise area, and missile air defense systems will use artificial intelligence and decision-making techniques as they discover a hostile target to launch an appropriate attack.
Iran’s Armed Forces regularly hold military maneuvers to elevate their preparedness and military prowess.
The drills also serve as a warning message to the enemies against any act of aggression.