Iran army stages large-scale electronic warfare drills

Various divisions of the Iranian army launched a large-scale and joint military exercise involving electronic warfare units and featuring the country’s domestically designed and manufactured radars, drones, micro aerial vehicles (MAVs), and other military equipment on August 25.

Units from the Army’s Ground Force, Air Force, Navy, and Air Defense participated in the joint aerial maneuver, codenamed Separ-e Hafezan-e Velayat 1402 (The Shield of the Guardians of Jurisprudence 1402), whose headquarters were located in the central areas of the country, Mehr reports.

According to Deputy Chief of Iran's Army for Coordination Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, the drill features different types of homegrown electronic warfare systems, radars, drones, cyber and aerospace systems, manned and unmanned fighter jets, micro aerial vehicles as well as fixed, mobile, ground- and air-based systems related to electronic warfare.