Iran’s Army has unveiled a state-of-the-art laser-powered air defense system during its Air Defense Forces’ military maneuvers in the country’s western and northern areas, Press TV reported.
The equipment, named Seraj (Light), was wheeled out on Sunday as the defense forces were drilling near the country’s Fordow uranium enrichment facility.
The Army identified the system as only one of the layers providing the site with air defense services.
Observers have described the apparatus as “daunting,” pointing to Western states’ expressing surprise concerning the phenomenon.
The exercises, during which the Air Defense Forces conducted various reconnaissance, interception, confrontation, and destruction operations against mock enemy forces, also featured the deployment of various other defense systems.
The forces carried out airstrikes using missiles as a means of defending the strategic and sensitive areas under their jurisdiction.
The drills, being monitored and directed by the Islamic Republic’s Integrated Air Defense Network, fended off the mock enemy forces’ offensive operations in Fordow and the nearby Khondab District.
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