Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force
Air-Defense Missile Systems

Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force

Section Title: Air-Defense Missile Systems
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Model	Type	Quantity	Acquired	Notes

MIM-23 Hawk	Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile	200 Launcher	1970s–present	In 1999 Iran locally upgrade their all of old Hawk Missile in Improve Hawk Missile and increase its Range 24-30 km, flight altitude up to 14-16 km and Speed is same as Mach 2.4

Sayyad-1	Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile	400+ Lauhcher	Islamic Republic of Iran first indigenous-produced Sayyad-1 Anti Aircraft Missile which was Upgraded copy of HQ-2, Sayyad-1 has IR tracking. This Project was First Joint Winner-Applied Research in 14th Khwarizmi International Award- 2001;Tehran-Iran -The Project Title:Manufacture of Sayyad-1 Missile -Initiator: Iran Aerospace Ind.

S-200 Fajr-8 and S-200 Ghareh	Long Range Strategic Surface-to-Air Missile	400+ Launcher	2011–present	2007 Iran upgraded all of their old S-200 missile name S-200 Fajr-8 increase its range 200-250 km and an Iranian home made version of S-200 missile name is S-200 Ghareh and increase its range 250-350 km.

SA-6 Gainful Missile	Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile System	50 Launcher	1995–present	Reports of eight SA-6 systems transferred to Iran from Russia in 1995/1996. Kub-M1 Missile System upgrade with Iranian Raad-1 Anti Aircraft Missile System Project work.

Rapier Missile	Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile	30 Lauhcher	1971–present	45 towed systems with Blindfire radar delivered before 1979. 72 self-propelled systems and local production of 1,000 missiles cancelled 1979, after 2008 Iran locally upgraded all of Rapier Missile System.

Tor Missile System	Point Defense Multirole Surface-to-Air Missile	29	2005–present	Missile Specification: Length= 2.9 meter Range= 16 km Altitude= 6 km Speed= Mach 2.8 Warhead= 16 kg

S-300P System	Long Range Strategic Surface-to-Air Missile System	4 Battery	2011-present	Iran collected S-300 missile system from unknown source after the Russian ban on exporting S-300 to Iran. S-300P Systems Missile Specification: Missile Type= 48N6 Missile Range= 150 km Altitude= up to 27 km Speed= Mach 6–7.5 Warhead= 150 kg

Bavar-373 Stytem	World most another Advanced Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile System	12+ Battery	2015–present	An Iranian long range air defence system whose development began after the Russian refusal to supply the S-300 (since 2010 to 2015).

S-300PMU2 System	World most favorite Long Range Strategic Surface-to-Air Missile System	4 Battery	2016-present	Iran possess latest S-300 version S-300PMU2 obtained from Russia 4 were received. Russia has completed the delivery of S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran, IRIA news agency quoted Russia's state arms export agency as saying on Thursday Oct 15 2016.

Mersad	Medium Range Air Defense System	300+ Launcher	2010–present	In 2010 Iran announced that it will be mass-producing its next generation of air defense system called Mersad which based on advanced medium altitude Salamche Missile http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=123003§ionid=351020101 and next year Shahin Missile.

Raad-1,2 & Khordad-3	Medium Range Advanced Air Defense System	400+ Launcher	2012-present	Raad-1 Anti Aircraft Missile System based on Taer-1 Missile and carrier Vehicle name 1ST Khordad TEL. Radd-2 Anti Aircraft Missile System based on Taer-2 Missile and carrier Vehicle name Tabas Truck Launcher which also know 2ND Khordad TEL.

Ya Zahra-3	Low Altitude Air Defense System	200+	2013–present	Mass production began in January 2013.Ya Zahra-3 is improved and 3RD Generation and most powerful Version of previous Ya Zahra Missile Defense System.Ya Zahra-3 has opt-electronics equipment that help to detect and track targets when battlefield is affected by heavy jamming.

Herz-9	CIWS Air Defense System	200+ Launcher	2013–present	Mass production began in May 2013. Herz-9 is 3.5+ generation version of Ya Zahra Missile System.

Sayyad-2 & 3 Missile	Long Range Advanced Surfate-to-Air Missile	150+ Launcher	2013–present	Mass production began in November 2013. Sayyad-2 Advanced Missile created by Islamic Republic of Iran is the unique new addition of the World's Anti Aircraft Missile World.

Kamin-2	Low Altitude Medium Range Air Defense System	+	2018-present	Kamin-2 system is the upgraded version of a missile known as Mersad and range is 60 km. Kamin-2 missile specially designed for low flying objects that targets cruise missile, helicopter, aircraft and drone at low altitude level.

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Bavar-373 air defence system is a long-range system.

final_sentence: Bavar-373 air defence system is a long-range system.