Iran unveils new missile defense system
Iranian media hails counter to Russian S-300 missile defense system.
Marking Defense Industry Day, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani unveiled a new defense missile system and talked about the conflict between Iran and the United States.
Speaking of the new missile defense system, the Bavar-373, Rouhani said, “If we want to compare the new air defense system with the famous air defense systems S-300 and S-400, this system is stronger than the S-300 and very close to the S-400. The S-300 and S-400 are Russian long-range mobile surface-to-air missile systems, meant primarily to defend against aircraft and cruise missiles.
Interestingly, Russia completed its sale of the S-300 to Iran in 2016 after the signing of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and a long legal battle. The delivery of the S-300 was suspended by then-President Dmitry Medvedev in 2010 due to a UN embargo, resulting in a $4 billion lawsuit.
Tasnim News Agency, which is close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, called the Bavar-373 surface to air defense system “the most important defense project built in Iran.” The article continued that the designing, building, testing and becoming operational took less than 10 years. A number of Iranian websites shared videos of the missiles being launched.
