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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Iran equips S-200 air defense system with new missiles

Sayyad-IIIran’s S-200 air defense system has been equipped with domestically manufactured Sayyad-3 missiles, the deputy commander of the Khatam-ol-Anbiya Air Defense Base announced on Saturday.

Brigadier General Shahrokh Shahram said that Sayyad-3 missiles are able to hit targets at medium altitudes.

Iranian experts had previously upgraded the Russian-made long-range medium-to-high altitude surface-to-air S-200 air defense system by installing Sayyad-2 missiles on it and designed a mobile launcher for the system.

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