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Monday, November 12, 2012

Iran starts massive "Velayat-4" Air defense drills


This morning Iran has started the massive "Velayat-4" Air defense drills, IRNA reported.

The drills are taking place in 8 provinces of Iran - - North Khorasan, Khorasan Razavi, South Khorasan, Sistan & Baluchestan, Kerman, Hormozgan, Yazd and Fars.

Last week, the Commander of Khatam Al-Anbiya base Farzad Esmaili said that the drills would be supervised by the Khatam Al-Anbiya base, while Iranian army, IRGC and Basij forces would jointly participate.

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2 comments:

  1. Pzack14/11/12 22:44

    looks like a "knock-off" of one of our older Hawk missile batteries...

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  2. Ko Savonije17/11/12 11:30

    The Shahin was based off the HAWK medium-range SAM which was delivered to the Shah when Iran still maintained relations with the west.
    http://goo.gl/WhbDy

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