In a “comprehensive” report, Fars news agency revealed the new weapons of the Iranian army in the recent exercise “Aqtdar 1401”.
The maneuver started yesterday Saturday with the presence of infantry, armor, artillery, Iranian army aviation, drones, engineering, airborne and electronic warfare with the support of military transport planes of the army air force. The level of readiness of the combat units of the army’s ground forces in facing dangers.
Regarding the details of these maneuvers, Fars said: “Military equipment was imported from 8 provinces of Iran to participate in these maneuvers.”
Fars has mentioned this in his report
This report adds: Mohajer 6 drones belonging to the army’s ground forces entered the battlefield and conducted observation operations for the operational area, and other drones Ababil 4, Omid and Jamroosh were also present in this operation.
According to Fars, in the second phase of the “Aghtdar 1401” exercise, the missile units of the Army’s ground force launched surface-to-surface missiles “Fath 360” and Fajr 5.
He clarified: The speed of the Fatih 360 missile is 3 times the speed of sound, and it is used to hit strategic targets, and it is connected to satellites to quickly search the flight path and its speed when it falls. On target is about 4 times the speed of sound, which is about 5,000 km/h.
In the continuation of this report, it is stated: This missile has a very destructive capability and extraordinary accuracy, and it is launched from hexagonal platforms, and everyone is looking for a target to rain on it, and this missile was unveiled for the first time on Army Day. last April 18).
Fars news agency continued in its report: The ground forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army are equipped with BMP-2 and BMP-1 ships, which are equipped with machine guns and cannons, but they were provided with them for the first time in these maneuvers. Two-way missile launcher.” Dahlia “Anti-armor”.
Brigadier General Karim Jeshak, the spokesman of this exercise, also stated: Airborne operations and rapid reaction forces of the 65th Nouhd Battalion were among the complex operations in planning and execution. One of the most important achievements during these exercises.”
The report further states: “Fateh 360” and “Fajr 5” long-range missiles were launched for the first time in this exercise.
He pointed out: “Fateh 360” missile communicates with several satellites within a second and quickly corrects its course, and it is a missile that is launched from hexagonal platforms, and it has a long and accurate range, and a missile. is considered. strategic missile and in this maneuver two missiles were launched from it which fell exactly on the target.
Source: Lebanon Debate
