Iran�s indigenously-developed Bavar-373 air defense system fires a missile at a target during aerial drills, October 22, 2020.

Iran�s domestically-developed Bavar-373 air defense missile system has been put to test for the first time on the second day of the country�s large-scale aerial drills, successfully destroying the designated targets.

Thursday marked the second day of the large-scale drills, codenamed Modafe�an-e Aseman-e Velayat 99 (Guardians of Velayat Sky 99), underway in an area covering more than half of the country.

Air defense divisions of Iran�s Army and Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) are participating in the joint aerial maneuvers.

During its first-ever presence in a military maneuver, the Bavar-373 air defense system fired surface-to-air missiles at standoff targets, successfully eliminating them.

Bavar-373 - which was unveiled in August 2019 - is a mobile missile defense system designed to intercept and destroy incoming hostile targets. The system employs missiles that have a maximum range of 300 kilometers.

The system is capable of simultaneously detecting up to 300 targets, tracking 60 targets at once and engaging six targets at a time.

Bavar 373 has two search and intercept radars, which can resist electronic warfare and electromagnetic bombs. In addition, the radars are capable of detecting anti-radiation missiles (ARM) that are used to confront air defenses.

Second Brigadier General Abbas Farajpour, the spokesman for the maneuvers, praised the country�s breakthroughs in developing state-of-the-art missile defense systems, warning enemies against any aggression.

Today, our enemies know that in the event of any aggression, even a small one, against our country�s airspace, they will face a huge barrage of fire from the defense systems of the Army and the IRGC, he said.

On the first day of the drills, the participating troops practiced a wide range of electronic warfare tactics.

The maneuvers feature different types of homegrown missiles, radar systems, reconnaissance, electronic warfare and communication systems as well as an optical surveillance network.

Source: Presstv