And you don’t have it Iranian Air Force Only a few dozen Attack aircraft Operating aircraft, including Russian aircraft and old American models acquired by the country before the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies said that Tehran has a squadron of 9 F-4 and F-5 fighter planes, and another of… Sukhoi-24 Russian-made, along with a number of aircraft MiG-29 F7 and F14.
The Iranians also have it Drones Designed to fly towards targets and explode. Analysts believe that the number of this arsenal of drones does not exceed several thousand.
In addition, they say that Iran It has more than 3,500 surface-to-surface missiles, some of which carry warheads weighing half a ton, but the number capable of targeting Israel may be less.
The commander of the Iranian Air Force said in April that the Su-24s were “on standby” to confront any possible Israeli attack.
But Iran’s reliance on the Su-24, which was first developed in the 1960s, shows the relative weakness of its air force.
Iranian air defense
In the field of defence, Iran relies on a combination of surface-to-air missiles andRussian air defense systems And homemade.
Tehran received shipments of the system S-300 Anti-aircraft missile systems developed by Russia in 2016 are long-range surface-to-air missile systems capable of engaging multiple targets simultaneously, including aircraft and ballistic missiles.
Iran has developed the Power-373 surface-to-air missile platform, in addition to the Sayyad and Raad defense systems.
- Marsad system: An Iranian medium-range air defense system that can intercept missiles within a range of 40 kilometers.
- Power-373Equipped with technology to hide from radar screens and capable of monitoring targets more than 400 kilometers away.
- S-300: A Russian system has radars capable of monitoring targets up to a range of 350 kilometers.
- thunder: An air defense system capable of tracking and striking targets at ranges of up to 50 kilometers and at altitudes of 25 to 27 kilometers.
- The shooting star: A ground-to-air system developed on the basis of the Chinese “HQ7” system for low-flying aircraft.
- hunterIranian-made surface-to-air missiles that operate on solid fuel and have a range of up to 120 kilometers.
- Ambush 2: Capable of monitoring and targeting drones and manned aircraft flying at low altitudes up to 100 kilometers away.
- Arman systemAn anti-ballistic missile system that identifies targets at a distance of 180 km and engages and destroys them at a distance of 120 km.
