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Sunday, September 01, 2013

Iran to stage massive military drill in September

S-200 (SA-5 Gammon)The Iranian army will stage a large- scale military maneuver in late September, a senior Iranian commander said Saturday.

Quoted by Press TV, Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili, commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base, said the exercise, dubbed the Modafe'an-e Aseman-e Velayat 5 (Defenders of the Velayat Skies 5), will be larger than the previous one held in the eastern part of Iran last year.

Various long-range radars and passive defense systems will be tested during the drill, he was quoted as saying without elaboration on the area and scope of the exercise.

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