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TEHRAN, July 4 (KUNA) -- Commander of Iran's Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli said Saturday IRGC's Ghadir phased-array radar system enjoys state-of-the-art technology.
"Discovering and tracking micro aerial vehicles (MAV) is one of the special qualities of Ghadir radar system which enjoys cutting-edge technology, Fars News Agency quoted Esmayeeli as saying at a ceremony at IRGC's Air Defense Site in the city of Ahwaz, in the southwestern bordering province of Khuzestan.
He noted that the radar system has been fully designed and manufactured by experts of the Self-Sufficiency Jihad Department of the IRGC Aerospace Force at a cost one fifth of its foreign rivals.
Brig.-Gen. Esmayeeli pointed to the high capability of the IRGC's radar system in electronic warfare, and said: "Ghadir radar system uses wave types the tracking of which would be very difficult for the enemy."
He added that another quality of the radar system is that it can easily track all targets in different ranges by calculating range and angle of the flying objects. (end)
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