INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Iran unveiled new weaponry on Saturday including what it said was the locally made Arman anti-ballistic missile system and the Azarakhsh
low-altitude air defense system, the official IRNA news agency reported.The announcement came amid heightened tensions in the region, with
Yemen&s Iran-backed Houthi militants carrying out a string of attacks on vessels linked to the U.S., UK and Israel in the Red Sea in a show
of solidarity with the Gaza Strip, Reuters reported.Gaza has been under military assault by Israel since Hamas&s attacks on Israel&s south
7.In response to the Houthi attacks, the U.S
has targeted sites inside Yemen as well as facilities of Iran-backed groups in Iraq and Syria
military bases have been attacked in Syria and Iraq
Israel has also struck Iranian targets in Syria.Saturday&s unveiling ceremony of the two vehicle-mounted systems took place in the presence
of Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani.&With the entry of new systems into the country&s defense network, the
air defense capability of the Islamic Republic of Iran will increase significantly,& IRNA said.It said the Arman missile system &can
simultaneously confront six targets at a distance of 120 to 180 km&, while the Azarakhsh missile system &can identify and destroy targets…
up to a range of 50 km with four ready-to-fire missiles&.In June Iran presented what officials described as its first domestically made
hypersonic ballistic missile, named Fattah, with a range of 1,400 km.The post Iran unveils new air defense weaponry as regional tensions
ramp up & IRNA first appeared on Ariana News.
