Iranian MPs Laud Production of Air Defense System

Date: 27 August 2019 - 21:39

News ID: ۶۹۸۲۹

TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Iran’s lawmakers on Tuesday commended the Defense Ministry for developing the "Bavar-373” air defense missile system.
In a statement read out at an open session of the Parliament, 202 lawmakers praised the Defense Ministry for designing and manufacturing the homegrown air defense system.
The Defense Ministry unveiled Bavar-373 on August 22. The long-range air defense system is capable of detecting up to 100 targets, tracking 60 of them, and engaging with six concurrently.
A distinguishing feature of Bavar-373 is its vertical launching system with square launchers, mostly used for air defense on warships.
Bavar-373 uses a long-range, phased array fire-control radar, dubbed Me’raj-4.
Iranian military experts and technicians have in recent years made great headways in manufacturing a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere.
Iranian officials have repeatedly underscored that the country will not hesitate to strengthen its military capabilities, including its missile power, which are entirely meant for defense, and that Iran’s defense capabilities will be never subject to negotiations.
Back in February 2018, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called for efforts to maintain and boost Iran’s defense capabilities, hitting back at the enemies for disputing the country’s missile program.
"Without a moment of hesitation, the country must move to acquire whatever is necessary for defense, even if the whole world is opposed to it,” Ayatollah Khamenei said at the time.
Meanwhile, Saeed Jalili, a member of Strategic Council for Foreign Relations, has hailed the recently unveiled homegrown air defense system ‘Bavar-373’.
"As we can see here in this exhibition, the efforts of the young Iranian experts have been fruitful. As the name of this system (Bavar means faith) suggests, self-confidence and faith can do great jobs,” Jalili asserted.
"If today we see Trump’s maximum pressure, the answer to that pressure and the small gestures by French President Macron is the great belief and efforts of the Iranian people and nothing else,” he further noted.
The member of Strategic Council for Foreign Relations added "what Trump is doing by force and Macron by deception will be responded by our national faith in the abilities of the youth of this homeland.”
It is worth mentioning that the French President Emmanuel Macron has recently offered initiatives to his Iranian counterpart to de-escalate tensions in the region.