Iran holds ceremony of opening production line of new air defense system

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 20 /Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/ Today a facility destined for mass production of a new air-defense system was inaugurated in Iran, IRNA reported. Country's Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi participated in the ceremony. He said at the opening that the the new system titled Herz (protector) 9 has been manufactured domestically, and this complex system will be mass-produced from now on. Vahidi added that the short-range air defense system is able to spot targets automatically on low altitude, and said that the system is also very mobile. The minister underscored that the Herz 9 system has a preparation time of under 2 minutes. Last week the Iranian Defense Ministry announced that Iran plans to unveil five new defensive achievements in coming days. Also, a senior Iranian military commander announced last month that the country would unveil a home-made long-range air-defense missile system similar to the Russian S-300 in the near future. The Iranian Armed Forces have recently test-fired different types of newly-developed missiles and torpedoes and tested a large number of its home-made weapons, tools and equipments, including submarines, military ships, artillery, choppers, aircraft, UAVs and air defense and electronic systems, during massive military drills. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az