May 5, 2014, 12:09 PM

Iran successfully destroys drone by Shalamcheh domestic missile

TEHRAN, May 5 (MNA) – Iran’s Army has successfully test-fired Shalamcheh missile and destroyed an indigenous drone, Karrar.

Khatam al-Anbia air defense headquarters public relations office reported that the Army successfully carried out the Mersad medium-altitude system testing operation using domestic missile Shalamcheh and indigenously developed drone Karrar, where Brig. Gen. Farzad Esmaili the commander of the Headquarters and other Ministry of Defense officials attended.

The report also had it that Mersad system had been developed by the Ministry’s domestic capacities and technology. During the operation, a Karrar drone was destroyed by domestic missile Shalamcheh successfully.

Speaking in the sidelines of the operation, Brig. Gen. Esmaili told that the system (Mersad) had more surveillance and targeting and electronic war capabilities and that “it has an extended range of radar penetration.”

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