Tehran, SAEDNEWS: The US-made MQ-9 and RQ4 drones that had entered the FIR and the ADIZ (Air Defense Identification Zone) areas of Iran were intercepted by Iran’s Army Air Defense during the Army's joint wargames.
The drones, belonging to the trans-regional states, changed their route from approaching the borders of the Islamic Republic of Iran after receiving warning and being intercepted by Iran's Air Defense systems.
Zolfaqar 1400 wargames was at the focal attention of trans-regional forces, specially the US, since the beginning of the drills, and the American MQ-9 and RQ4 drones intended to obtain information in the vicinity of the military exercises.
The Iranian Army started the first day of the main phase of the Zolfaqar 1400 joint drills on Sunday with the Air Force's F-4 bombers destroying ground targets with optimized missiles.
The Iranian Army Air Force's F-4 bombers carried out long-range flights from their bases to the general zone of the exercises and conducted air refueling operations from the tanker aircraft, destroying ground targets of the hypothetical enemy with optimized missiles, including a new generation of optimized air-to-surface missiles in the general zone of the wargames.
The main phase of the joint drills began with participation of the infantry, armored and mechanized units of the Army Ground Forces, Air Defense Forces' defense systems, and naval surface vessels with the support of Army Air Force's fighters and drones in the general zone of Makran Coast.
The home-made cruise missiles of the Iranian Army destroyed several surface targets and vessels during the second day of Zolfaqar 1400 drills on Monday.
"In this stage of the exercises, the Iranian cruise missile, Qader, was fired from the Army Navy's tactical platform of coast-to-sea missiles in Makran coasts and hit a vessel 200km away," Spokesman of the drills Rear Admiral Seyed Mahmoud Mousavi said.
Also, destruction of a surface target by indigenized Nasr cruise missile fired from the Navy's missile launcher was another exercise conducted in this stage of the wargames, he added.
Meantime, the Iran-made long-range Qadir cruise missile destroyed a surface target 300km away from a missile-launcher warship.
"Unique capabilities, including effective warheads with high explosive power as well as ability to withstand the enemy's electronic warfare, are among the features of the Navy's cruise missiles, which proved to be effective in these exercises," Rear Admiral Mousavi said (Source: Fars News).
Iran successfully tests new air defense systems at 3rd day of joint drills
