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Iran's military-industrial complex. By meeting with Uncle Sam is ready!

“COUNCIL” the hawk is not happy

it seems, Since the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, the Iranian topic has not lost its relevance.. This is not surprising: Trump has repeatedly designated Iran as one of the main enemies of the United States, and his desire to arrange a small mess in the Persian Gulf is also no secret to anyone. This is supported by the actions of the American administration., systematically withdrawing from all agreements with Tehran and introducing more and more sanctions instead of them.

Iran's military-industrial complex. By meeting with Uncle Sam is ready!

There are enough reasons for American dislike of Iran, And that in itself is a very interesting topic.. But something else is also interesting: What will Americans face?, if they nevertheless decide on a military strike on their main irritant in the Persian Gulf zone? Without claiming to be a comprehensive overview of Iranian military capabilities, let's get a look, what his own Iranian engineering genius could conjure there. The more so, according to the Iranian military, they already have the "best in the world" and "best in class" weapons.

Basically, the bragging of the military of a particular country must be treated with some understanding - they are in the service, they need to raise the morale of the army and the population and make the adversary nervous. But the recent case of the American global reconnaissance drone RQ-4 "Global Hawk", shot down by the latest anti-aircraft missile system "RAAD" over the territory of Iran, shows, that the Iranian military, as well as scientists and designers, can not only shake the air. This means, listening to them will not be a sin ...

Just in case, let's make one clarification: the abbreviation "RAAD" was used before. In relation to Iranian missile weapons, it can mean a whole line of missile weapons., which includes anti-tank systems, and some other types of weapons. In particular, in Western sources, the Iranian ATGM had the abbreviation "RAAD-T", what should mean "tank". However, it is still not worth relying completely on Western sources., since they have long sinned by imposing their own classification on any foreign weapon (and ours, by the way, not an exception). That is, it is very likely, that the American designation of the mentioned air defense system has nothing to do with its Iranian designation, and this must be kept in mind, if you stumble upon another name of the mentioned complex somewhere.

The above case is notable for two reasons.. At first, The RAAD air defense system is considered to be largely copied from the Russian Buk complex, not the most recent modifications.. Even assumed, that the elemental base and the radar on it are Russian-made. The performance characteristics of the complex, although not made publicly available, but they can hardly surprise military experts. Secondly, the American RQ-4 drone is not at all a convenient target for every missile, which someone pleases to launch into it. The aircraft is equipped with an AN / ALR-89 station, capable of detecting missile launches and carrying out electronic countermeasures against them. Besides, in his arsenal towed target ALE-50, which not only distracts a missile attacking an aircraft, but also puts additional obstacles. In sum, these means of protection should provide the “global hawk” with a fairly good level of protection against Buk-type complexes., and from his unlicensed replicas, it is not clear whose development, it would seem, and even more...

Iran is not strong in hindsight?

But the expensive American drone was shot down on the first try.. maybe, this is what caused the cancellation of the American attack on Iranian facilities: The Pentagon needs time to study the problem and analyze the possibilities, taking into account new data. Everyone wants a "small victorious war", but no one wants to lose, congressional investigations, scandals in the media and a catastrophic decline in popularity ...

Due to a number of objective (and not so) reasons Iran has long been inclined to create its own defense industry. Having quarreled with the United States during the Islamic Revolution, when the American embassy was occupied in Tehran, Iran was deprived of the opportunity to receive products of the American military-industrial complex through official channels. Later, When did the Iran-Iraq war start?, Tehran also lost supplies of the second largest arms manufacturer: Moscow staked on Baghdad and Saddam.

Iran's military-industrial complex. By meeting with Uncle Sam is ready!

Notes Colorado Cockroach. Oi to gay Lully ...

clear, that the Europeans were very dependent on the Americans, and China at that time was not even close to the leading manufacturers of truly modern weapons systems - Kalashnikovs and Grads there, of course, it was possible to buy, but no more. At the same time, Iran still had a need to improve its armed forces., and very serious - even he could resist Iraq only at the cost of significant losses. And after the crushing defeat of the latter in 1991 year, during the operation of the anti-Iraqi coalition "Desert Storm", it became clear to the Persians, that their hour could strike at any moment.

They didn't slow down, and in 1992 year, a corresponding program for the development of its own military-industrial complex was adopted. So, this year at the Iranian Defense Industries Organization (relents) was already 240 public and private companies, and since then the number has steadily increased..

If we talk about specific developments of the Iranian military-industrial complex, First of all, it is worth noting, which can really become a significant argument in a possible confrontation with the United States. And above all this, of course, anti-ship missiles.

There are all sorts of swimming...

Iran has several types of anti-ship missiles. First of all, this is the anti-ship missile "Nur", a copy of the Chinese anti-ship missiles S-802. The length of the rocket exceeds 6 m, mass reaches 715 kilograms, range of flight - 120 kilometers. Can be launched from ships, missile boats, aircraft, ground launchers.

The relatively short range of the missile is fully justified by the specifics of the proposed theater of operations - for the Strait of Hormuz more, generally, and it is not necessary, and for the entire Persian Gulf in most cases it is enough. It should also be noted, that this missile has experience in successful combat use, and under the most severe operating conditions.. So, at 2006 1999, the Israeli destroyer Eilat was attacked with this missile., and attacked successfully: ship, equipped with a full range of air defense systems, received a direct hit and serious damage. The attack was carried out by Hezbollah, which gives the ladies the right to talk about harsh operating conditions - the rocket was secretly transferred to Lebanon, not operated under normal conditions, it was launched almost from hand and without modern frills like external target designation, etc., but the target still hit.

And ten years later, representatives of the already Yemeni Ansar-Allah movement attacked with its help a military logistics ship of the United Arab Emirates Navy. Handsome catamaran "HSV-2 Swift", rented by the Arabs from the United States and participating in the naval blockade of Yemen, got a direct hit and, according to some, completely burnt out.

Iran's military-industrial complex. By meeting with Uncle Sam is ready!

Later, on the basis of the Nur missile, a somewhat more long-range Gader anti-ship missile was created.. This modernization is already entirely the merit of Iranian scientists and engineers.. The range of the missile exceeded 200 kilometers, and this, Unfortunately, the only reliable information about the performance characteristics of this missile: secrecy is serious business...

You can also note RCC "Nasr", developed on the basis of the Chinese light anti-ship missiles S-704. The rocket weighs only 300 kilograms, warhead weight is 130 kg, and the distance is 30-35 km. It is assumed, that the rocket is “sharpened” for the destruction of hovercraft and boats.

But most importantly, any of the listed missiles poses a serious threat to the tanker. This means, own mass production of such products makes Iran's threats to block the Strait of Hormuz very, very serious.

They don't fly very well, that's why alone

It is also worth noting the development of the military-industrial complex of the Islamic Republic in the field of aviation. No, they do not yet amaze with the technological level or design genius, but the fact itself, what does Iran have, long decades living under sanctions, a viable aviation industry appeared, It speaks volumes.

At the moment, Iran produces several of its own models of combat aircraft.. In most cases, these are modifications of the old American F-5 - these include the no longer new Azarakch fighter-bomber., and the relatively new "fourth generation fighter" "Kowsar". These machines are unlikely to shake the US air dominance in the region., but as carriers of the anti-ship missiles mentioned above, they will fit perfectly. Besides, you shouldn’t underestimate them at all either - recently, even an old MiG-21 shot down an F-16 in another Indo-Pakistani conflict, and it is not conceptually new at all.

Iran's military-industrial complex. By meeting with Uncle Sam is ready!

Shoigu said the dynamic development of the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation

But of particular interest is the Qaher-313 fighter project., relatively recently introduced by the Iranian defense industry. A very bold machine, with wingtips lowered at a high angle, done, allegedly, using stealth technology - at least, this was unexpected. Yes, the Americans tried to implement something similar on their Valkyrie strategic bomber, in particular, in flight, her wingtips also drooped, and other experimental projects were. But from Tehran, to be frank, no one expected such innovation - this is not for you to copy the F-5E of the fifties, this, for all borrowings, quite drawn to a new look at a light front-line fighter.

Iran's military-industrial complex. By meeting with Uncle Sam is ready!

Get it from the Iranians, or not, it's impossible to say yet. But still, we state that at the moment, about 14 thousands of different aviation parts and assemblies. And the Iranian aviation industry can no longer be simply dismissed - it exists and may well surprise any aggressor.

They will shoot down and move the tank

Tehran also has its own tank. MBT "Zulfikar" - a rather strange mixture of the suspension and transmission of the American M-60 and guns from the Soviet T-72. Besides, the T-72 seems to have borrowed an automatic loader, although the very fact of its presence at Zulfikar has not yet been confirmed.

The modern version of "Zulfikar-3" has a mass of about 50 tons and engine power in 1000 HP. Gun - smoothbore 2A46. There is no exact data on the number of cars produced., but together "Zulfiqar-1" and "Zulfiqar-3" at least several hundred copies were produced.

About anti-aircraft missile systems have already been said at the beginning of the article. But it should be noted, that relatively recently a new air defense system was introduced in Tehran, which the, according to Iranian officials, "in no way inferior to the Russian S-300". It's hard to verify these statements., but experts agree, that the presented Bavar-373 can really compete with the S-300 in at least one thing - the missile launch range. Which in itself is already a great achievement of Iranian scientists and designers.

maybe, someone will notice, that the real combat effectiveness of these systems is in great doubt. It's true, and it's pointless to argue. But the very fact of creating a sufficiently powerful military-industrial complex under international sanctions, operating for decades, makes you look at Iran and its ambitions much closer.

Will Tehran be able to fully resist the United States?, if it comes to a real war? It is not yet possible to answer. Only one thing can be assumed with certainty - he will definitely succeed in blocking the Strait of Hormuz. And for months, if not for years. And he will do this precisely with the help of the products of his military-industrial complex, supplies of which currently do not depend on any sanctions, nor from international cooperation.

Victor Kuzovkov

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