Iran successfully test-fired its long-range surface-to-air S-200 missile system during a military exercise in the southern Persian Gulf region on Wednesday. Wednesday was the third and final day of Modafean-e-Aseman-e-Velayat 7 (The Defenders of Velayat Skies 7) war-games which involved Iran’s Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC). Since Monday when the drills started, the Iranian air defense warned several fighter jets and drones belonging to the U.S. navy not to approach the airspace of the military exercise. Press TV reports: Military commanders from either force came together in the city of Bushehr before S-200 was successfully fired at its designated target on the back of relevant detection and tracking activity. The day also witnessed the enlisted forces deploying missile defense systems against mock hostile aircraft as per schedule. In the morning phase of the exercises, the participating forces debuted the Talash (Endeavor) missile defense system on the southern Khark Island to destroy mock intruding drones. To eliminate the aircraft, which transpired in under a second, the apparatus had to be operated in tandem with the Ofoq (Horizon) Airborne Fire-Control Radar (AFCR). Elsewhere on the island, various other missile systems, including Mersad (Ambush), were deployed to annihilate mock aggressive aircraft [...]
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