14 October 2021
by Jeremy Binnie
Two Majid SHORAD techniques featured within the newest ‘Defenders of the Velayt Skies' train. (Tasnim News Agency)
New short-range air-defence (SHORAD) techniques featured in Exercise ‘Defenders of the Velayet Skies 1400' , which was held by Iranian air-defence forces on 12–13 October, reflecting a rising emphasis on countering low-altitude threats.
Brigadier General Amir Qader Rahimzadeh, commander of the common army's (Artesh's) air-defence pressure, introduced that each the Majid and Dezful techniques had been efficiently fired throughout the train towards targets that simulated cruise missiles.
The Iranian media recognized the Majid as a system mounted on the again of a lightweight tactical car with a quickly rotating electro-optical (EO) sensor and a missile launch tube on both aspect, though it appeared extra tubes could possibly be carried. A video confirmed the system firing a missile fitted with an EO seeker at a comparatively gradual propellor-driven goal.
The Dezful was recognized as a system that gave the impression to be a Tor-M1 mounted on a industrial truck.
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