July 3, 2019
Can't Touch This: Iran's Anti-Aircraft Missiles Won't Hurt the F-35
Sealth is king.
by Michael Peck
Iranian video showed a flatbed military truck with a rotating, rectangular launcher on the bed. The launcher appeared to contain four missile canisters in two rows of two canisters each. Another truck appeared to mount a rotating slab-shaped radar antenna.
The new surface-to-air missile is called the Khordad 15. Iran’s Defense Minister, Brigadier General Amir Hatami, said at the unveiling ceremony that the system is “capable of detecting fighter jets and combat drones from 150 kilometers [93 miles] away and of tracking them within a range of 120 kilometers [75 miles],†according to Iranian state media. “The system, he added, can also detect stealth targets at a distance of 85 kilometers [53 miles] and engage and destroy them within a range of 45 kilometers [28 miles].â€
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/cant-touch-irans-anti-aircraft-missiles-wont-hurt-f-35-65301
