TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Iran can detect and target any flying object in the region, commander of Air Defense Force Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard has said.
"Today, in addition to observing our own country’s airspace, we monitor the sky over the entire region,” Sabahifard said according to Mehr news agency.
Iran, he said, has made great advances in the fields of radar systems and detection of flying objects.
The country recently inaugurated 30 air defense achievements designed, produced, and operationalized by Iranian scientists.
"Most of these achievements are top secret equipment and cannot be revealed to the media. Only a limited number of them were shown to the media,” he said.
Sabahifard also said serving in the "sacred Islamic Republic of Iran” is a divine blessing and "we are proud of the uniform we are wearing.”
Last month, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran owes its security to the preparedness and vigilance of the Air Defense Force.
"Send my greeting to vigilant staff of the country’s air defense; security of the country is owed to the preparedness and vigilance of the Air Defense,” Ayatollah Khamenei said in a message on the occasion of the anniversary of the establishment of the Air Defense Force.
Earlier this month, the Air Defense Force unveiled Kashef-99 radar, a mobile system capable of detecting small flying objects. Kashef-99 is reportedly able to detect 300 targets simultaneously within a range of 12 kilometers.
The domestically-produced device is a 3D phased-array radar system that is carried on a vehicle, suitable for detecting small aircraft and objects.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force unveiled the first homemae air-to-surface guided rocket designed to be launched from its Sukhoi Su-22 fighter bombers.
Several new products have been put on display at the National Aerospace Park in Tehran, a permanent exhibition of the achievements of the IRGC Aerospace Force that was inaugurated on Sunday.

One of the new weapons on display is a guided rocket that could be carried by Sukhoi Su-22 warplanes for hitting targets on the ground.
Iran has already manufactured Fadak rocket, an 80 mm weapon inspired by the Soviet-made S-8 rockets carried by military aircraft.
The Iranian Fadak-class rockets are equipped with high-explosive anti-armor warheads, but the new air-to-surface version unveiled on Sunday is designed with four fins near its head, used to guide the rocket to its intended target.
Fadak rockets weigh 11-16 kg, travel at a speed of 700 meters per second, and can hit the targets within a range of 2-4 kilometers.
Another highlight of the exhibition is Zolfaqar Basir, a new naval ballistic missile with a range of over 750 kilometers and a warhead equipped with an optical seeker.