Tehran, SAEDNEWS, Feb. 11: As rallies were held in Tehran on Wednesday with motorists attending parades to celebrate the Revolution victory anniversary, organizers exhibited the Khordad-3rd missile system.
Missiles fired by the homegrown air defense system had brought down a US Navy MQ-4C Triton drone over the Persian Gulf in June 2019.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Forces fired one surface-to-air missile at the intruding US aircraft after its stealth maneuvering in Iran’s airspace.
Khordad-3rd employs a phased array radar and can launch 8 missiles by tracking 4 targets simultaneously.
The new version of the air defense system is paired with Sayyad-2 missiles, which can hit targets within a range of 75 kilometers and at an altitude of up to 30 km (Source: Tasnim).
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