30/6/2012 IsraelDefense

Brigadier General (Res.) Amir Nir, CEO of Kinetics, discusses the company’s development paths following the departure of US forces from Iraq

Brigadier General (Res.) Amir Nir recalls, “Dozens of 4x4 and 8x8 vehicles were presented at the 2005 Eurosatory Air Show in Paris, but not a single tank was present. The world was heading in the direction of light vehicles at the time, including the IDF.” In 2005, Nir headed the Merkava Tank Planning Directorate, run by the IDF and the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

“When I saw the trend, I was certain that tanks and APCs would not find their way out of service so quickly due to the simple reason that the technologies that were intended to serve light vehicles did not exist. In order to have effective shielding against a kinetic threat, a hollow charge, or roadside explosive charges, you need to invest considerable funds.

“It’s no coincidence that the IDF’s Kela multi-year plan, which was supposed to reduce the number of tanks, was cancelled. The Future Combat System project also fell apart in the US, and other projects that were headed in the same direction were either cancelled or postponed. The US Army updated its plans long ago, and it seems that for the moment, the use of tanks and heavy platforms will continue, at least until 2050. As such, this whole concept of tanks being old-fashioned is irrelevant.”

Kinetics specializes in the development of air filtration NBC protection systems for the IDF’s armored vehicles. It also provides different solutions such as Heating Ventilation & Air Conditioning systems, personal air conditioners attached to the suits of armored IDF fighters, and auxiliary power units (APU) for AFVs. Kinetics also provides various filtration and air-conditioning systems to the US Army.

The company sold more than 15,000 systems for the MRAP vehicles used in Iraq. Although it developed APU models that were supposed to be installed on Abrams tanks, this decision was recently reexamined. “We’re using our qualitative capabilities in the field of life-support systems and putting them to use in simpler applications for ground instruments in the tactical field and for combat-supporting logistic vehicles,” Nir says.

How has the departure of US forces from Iraq affected Kinetics?

“We aren’t fond of this development, but that’s the reality, and as a result, we've approached other markets. We haven't given up on the US market, it remains a very important market for us, but we’re active in other areas today and are going to places where we never set foot before.

30/06/2012 Sources : EMA

Le 30 juin 2012, la France a quitté le site d’At-Tiri (UN P 2.45) au Sud Liban après plus de six ans de présence. Ce site a été repris par le contingent irlandais de la force intérimaire des Nations Unies au Liban (FINUL).

Conformément aux recommandations de la revue stratégique du 12 mars 2012 et pour une plus grande efficacité de la Force Commander Reserve (FCR) armée par les militaires français, la France a réorganisé son dispositif,  en coordination avec l’ONU et les autres contingents de la FINUL. Cette réorganisation comprenait notamment un regroupement des éléments de la FCR à Dayr Kifa.

Jusqu’en avril 2012, environ 450 militaires français étaient présents sur le site d’At-Tiri. Il s’agissait principalement d’éléments de la Force Commander Reserve (FCR) avec une compagnie d’infanterie, une compagnie du génie et une compagnie d’éclairage et d’appui (CEA). Les éléments français apportaient aussi un soutien au bataillon belge de la FINUL, également déployé à At Tiri.

Dans le cadre de la réorganisation du dispositif français, la compagnie d’infanterie a été redéployée à Dayr Kifa au mois d’avril dernier, la compagnie du génie et la CEA ont été désengagées du théâtre libanais.

Un renfort logistique avait été mis en place pour assurer la manœuvre de désengagement : 110 conteneurs de matériel, 150 véhicules et 5 canons CAESAR ont été désengagés et rapatriés en France.

Le 18 juin 2012, la France a transféré aux militaires irlandais les derniers bâtiments de l’ONU que les soldats français occupaient sur le site de 2.45. Le renfort logistique temporaire a achevé sa mission et quitté le Liban le 20 juin dernier.

La sécurité du poste était assurée jusqu'au 30 juin 2012 par un élément français. Ils ont été relevés par des militaires irlandais qui assureront également le soutien du bataillon belge.

L’essentiel de la FCR est à présent regroupé sur le site de Dayr Kifa. Elle continue d’assurer, en coopération régulière avec les forces armées libanaises, des missions d’observation et de reconnaissance lors des patrouilles (de jour comme de nuit) sur l’ensemble de la zone d’opération de la FINUL, partant du fleuve Litani jusqu’à la Blue Line.

1er juillet 2012 france-moyenorient.com

L’ Agence De Coopération De Sécurité De la Défense (DSCA) américaine aurait notifié au congrès la vente de 22 hélicoptères multi-mission Seahawk pour un montant estimé à 2,5 milliards de dollars.

La vente comprendrait 10 hélicoptères Seahawk multi-mission MH-60R , 12 hélicoptères Seahawk multi-mission MH-60S équipés du kit de modification hélicoptère armé, 48 moteurs type T-700 GE 401C avec une option d’achat supplémentaire de six Seahawks et 13 moteurs type T-700 GE 401C.

Les équipements de communication, des conteneurs de moteurs de rechange, l’équipement de soutien, pièces de rechange et de réparation, des outils et des équipements de test, les données techniques et des publications, la formation du personnel et du matériel de formation devrait également être inclus dans l’ordre.

Avec la précédente commande US d’achat de matériel militaire( moteurs, systèmes d’alerte aux missiles, ensembles de détection laser, ensembles de signaux radar de détection, mitrailleuses, lunettes de vision nocturne) et une option d’achat de 12 hélicoptères Black Hawk d’un montant global de 1,1 milliards de dollars, l ’émirat du Qatar veut accroitre son arsenal de défense. Le Qatar abrite la plus importante base américaine au Moyen-Orient, à 35 km au sud de Doha, la base d’Al -Udeid. Les hélicoptères Seahawk viendront compléter et éventuellement remplacer les hélicoptères vieillissant de la patrouille maritime qatarie.

ANKARA, 29 juin - RIA Novosti

Près d'un tiers des militaires syriens se sont ralliés à "l'Armée syrienne libre" partiellement basée en Turquie, rapportent vendredi les médias turcs se référant aux services de renseignement locaux.

D'après les médias, près de 100.000 soldats des troupes gouvernementales, dont le nombre total est estimé à 300.000 hommes, ont rejoint l'Armée syrienne libre. Cette dernière contrôle actuellement 60% du territoire syrien, ajoutent les médias.

600 militaires, dont 20 généraux, ont quitté la Syrie. Plus de 50 officiers syriens ont fui le pays pour la Turquie, indique le journal El Sabah.

Près de 55.000 Syriens sont arrivés en Turquie depuis avril 2011. 34.300 personnes ont trouvé refuge dans des camps de refugiés déployés dans les zones frontalières, a annoncé vendredi le département turc des Situations d'urgence. Le nombre de refugiés pourrait dépasser les 70.000 personnes d'ici la fin de l'année, selon les autorités.

Depuis la mi-mars 2011, la Syrie est en proie à une vague de contestation du régime en place. Selon l'Onu, les affrontements ont déjà fait plus de 12.000 victimes. Damas affirme pour sa part que plus de 2.500 policiers et soldats syriens, ainsi que plus de 3.200 civils ont été tués dans des affrontements contre des bandits financés de l'étranger. Un cessez-le-feu a été décrété dans le pays en avril dernier, en vertu du plan de paix proposé par l'émissaire des Nations unies et de la Ligue arabe Kofi Annan. Toutefois, les parties hostiles font régulièrement état de nouveaux affrontements et victimes.

June 29, 2012: Strategy Page

Oman has ordered 55 American AIM-9X-2 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, plus 36 training missiles as well as maintenance and support equipment. Oman bought twelve F-16C fighters a decade ago, along with some AIM 9M missiles. Last year, another 18 F-16s were ordered, mainly to replace aging Jaguar and Hawk warplanes. Omani pilots have become aware of how much better the 9X-2 version is, leading to the latest missile order.

The latest version of the Sidewinder, the AIM-9X-2, has come a long way from the first Sidewinder of the 1950s. The 9X-2 can lock-on-after-launch. That is, the missile can be fired and then directed to a target via a datalink. That means it can be fired at ground targets or at an enemy aircraft behind you. The X-2 version also makes improvements in the warhead fuze and other components. As impressive as all these features most are already found in similar missiles made in several other countries (including Russia and China). In effect, the X-2 version is just keeping up. What the U.S. sells, in addition, is an impressive track record of reliability and actually performing as expected in combat. Over 4,000 X model Sidewinders have been built since it entered service in 2003. Block II (X-2) entered service four years ago and cost about half a million dollars each.

The AIM-9 is a heat seeking missile, and the heat sensors have become much more sensitive since the first AIM-9 entered service half a century ago. The current versions of the missile work by detecting a heat source at the point where the pilot is looking. This is done using the JHMCS (Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems), which allows a pilot to see, displayed on his visor, critical flight and navigation information. Sort of like a see-through computer monitor or HUD (Head Up Display). Most importantly, the pilot can turn his head towards a target, get an enemy aircraft or ground target into the crosshairs displayed on the visor and fire a missile that will promptly go after target the pilot was looking at. For Sidewinder the pilot has to be looking at something giving off enough heat to catch the attention of the missile's heat sensor. With the X-2 Sidewinder the pilot can launch the missile before he has located the target via the JHMCS, saving a critical few seconds.

The JHMCS is already used with some air-to-ground missiles, although no special air-to-ground software was needed for Sidewinders fired at ground targets. Instead, the air-to-air software was modified. This is important because one of the reasons for this mod was to give the F-15C, which carries no air-to-ground weapons (it's strictly an air-to-air fighter) some air-to-ground capability. In addition, fighter-bombers (like the F-18, F-16, F-22, and F-35) will now be able to use their air-to-air weapons in a pinch, once all their actual air-to-ground weapons are gone.

Although over half a century old, the Sidewinder has been the most effective air-to-air missile ever produced. The first Sidewinder (AIM-9B) was 3 meters (9.3 feet) long, weighed 71 kg (156 pounds), and had a max range of five kilometers. The most current model, the AIM-9X, is the same size, weighs 87 kg (191 pounds), and has a max range of over 20 kilometers. All models have a warhead weighing about 10 kg (22 pounds). The AIM-9X can go after the target from all angles, while the AIM-9B could only be used from directly behind the target. The AIM-9X is about seven times more likely to bring down the target than the AIM-9B. The 9X entered service in 2000, but the older 9M is nearly as accurate, although without the additional flexibility and capabilities.

While air force planners would like to do away with short range, heat seeking missiles, depending on longer ranged, radar guided missiles instead, that is not likely to happen any time soon. Radars and other sensors are still not reliable enough to prevent hostile aircraft from first becoming aware of each other when they are quite close. At that point the cheaper, smaller and increasingly very capable heat seekers are the weapon of choice.

June 29, 2012 defense-aerospace.com

(Source: Airbus Military; issued June 28, 2012)

Airbus Military Has Signed MoU with Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) to Establish A Joint Company in Turkey.

Airbus Military has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) to establish a joint company in Turkey. The MoU was signed in a ceremony attended by Airbus Military Service Programme Manager Turkey, Matthias Fink, TAI Chairman of the Board, Yalçın Kaya and TAI Senior Vice President, Aerostructures Group, Bekir Ata Yılmaz

Airbus Military Turkey (AMTR) will be a newly-formed company, under Turkish laws, to provide in-service support (ISS) services for the A400M aircraft ordered by Turkey with the potential to provide services to other A400M users in the future. The company will be jointly owned by TAI and Airbus Military and operated at a mutually agreed location in Turkey to be decided. The next stage of the discussions will focus on the definition of the organizational structure of AMTR as well as determining the capital requirements of AMTR.

Turkey is a partner nation in the A400M programme with an order of 10 A400M aircraft, which will require in-service support. TAI is the Industrial Partner of the A400M programme in Turkey and responsible for design, development and delivery of airframe and aircraft systems such as the forward centre fuselage, rear fuselage components, ailerons, spoilers, lights and water/waste systems.

Airbus Military CEO Domingo Ureña Raso said: “We are very satisfied to have reached this first step in the partnership for providing ISS to the Turkish A400M fleet with our partner TAI. TAI is a long standing partner of Airbus and Airbus Military and this first agreement will establish a strong in-country footprint to ensure a smooth entry into service and comprehensive support for the operation of the fleet. We are now looking forward to the next steps for concluding the provision of the ISS to Turkey and to further broaden our links with the Turkish aerospace industry.”

TAI Chairman Yalçın Kaya said: “We have started working on A400M in 2003 as a partner in AMSL, having important design and manufacturing responsibilities. Design phase of the aircraft is almost completed and serial production started. Now it is time to continue our support in the sustainment phase of the program. This TAI-AMSL partnership (JV) is aimed at providing cost-effective logistic solutions to the Turkish Air Force with the possibility for expanding the service to future potential customers.”

About the A400M

The A400M is an all-new military airlifter designed to meet the needs of the world's Armed Forces in the 21st Century. Thanks to its most advanced technologies, it is able to fly higher, faster and further, while retaining high maneuverability, low speed, and short, soft and rough airfield capabilities. It combines both tactical and strategic/logistic missions. With its cargo hold specifically designed to carry the outsize equipment needed today for both military and humanitarian disaster relief missions, it can bring this material quickly and directly to where it is most needed. Conceived to be highly reliable, dependable, and with a great survivability, the multipurpose A400M can do more with less, implying smaller fleets and less investment from the operator. The A400M is the most cost efficient and versatile airlifter ever conceived and absolutely unique in its capabilities.

About Airbus Military

Airbus Military is the only military and civic/humanitarian transport aircraft manufacturer to develop, produce, sell and support a comprehensive family of airlifters ranging from three to 45 tonnes of payload. An Airbus daughter company, Airbus Military is responsible for the A400M programme, as well as the Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) A330 and for further military derivatives based on Airbus civil aircraft.

Together with the smaller “Light & Medium” C295, CN235 and C212, Airbus Military is the global leader in the market for military transport, tanker and surveillance aircraft able to perform the most varied missions. Altogether, Airbus Military has sold more than 1,000 aircraft to some 130 military, civilian and governmental customers. More than 800 of these aircraft have been delivered. Airbus is an EADS company.

About TAI

Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) is the center of technology in design, development, manufacturing, integration of aerospace systems, modernization and after sales support in Turkey. Located in Ankara, Turkey, TAI’s modern aircraft facilities are furnished with high technology machinery and equipment that provide extensive manufacturing capabilities. TAI has a total of 4000 highly motivated employees, 1500 of whom are engineers.

Jun 29, 2012 ASDNews Source : Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress June 26 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government Qatar of 10 MH-60R SEAHAWK Multi-Mission Helicopters, 12 MH-60S SEAHAWK Multi-Mission Helicopters with the Armed Helicopter Modification Kit, 48 T-700 GE 401C Engines (44 installed and 4 spare) with an option to purchase an additional 6 MH-60S SEAHAWK Multi-Mission Helicopters with the Armed Helicopter Modification Kit and 13 T-700 GE 401C Engines. The estimated cost is $2.5 billion.

The Government of Qatar has requested a possible sale of 10 MH-60R SEAHAWK Multi-Mission Helicopters, 12 MH-60S SEAHAWK Multi-Mission Helicopters with the Armed Helicopter Modification Kit, 48 T-700 GE 401C Engines (44 installed and 4 spare) with an option to purchase an additional 6 MH-60S SEAHAWK Multi-Mission Helicopters with the Armed Helicopter Modification Kit and 13 T-700 GE 401C Engines (12 installed and 1 spare) at a later date, communication equipment, spare engine containers, support equipment, spare and repair parts, tools and test equipment, technical data and publications, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics support. The estimated cost is $2.5 billion.

This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a friendly country that has been, and continues to be, an important force for political and economic progress in the Middle East. Qatar is a strategic partner in maintaining stability in the region. The acquisition of these helicopters will allow for greater interoperability with U.S. forces, providing benefits for training and possible future coalition operations in support of shared regional security objectives.

The proposed sale of the MH-60R and MH-60S SEAHAWK helicopters will improve Qatar's capability to meet current and future anti-surface warfare threats. Qatar will use the enhanced capability to strengthen its homeland defense. The MH-60R and MH-60S helicopters will supplement and eventually replace the Qatar Air Force's aging maritime patrol helicopters. Qatar will have no difficulty absorbing these helicopters into its armed forces.

The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region.

MOSCOU, 28 juin - RIA Novosti

Moscou ne pense pas qu'un quelconque pays de l'Otan soit enclin à rejouer le scénario libyen en Syrie, a annoncé jeudi le ministre russe des Affaires étrangères Sergueï Lavrov.

"Je ne pense pas que tel ou tel membre de l'Alliance soit prêt à répéter l'aventure libyenne", a déclaré le ministre.

En octobre 2011, Mouammar Kadhafi, qui a dirigé la Libye pendant plus de 40 ans, a été renversé et tué par des insurgés dans le cadre d'une opération militaire de l'Otan autorisée par le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU.

"Lors de nos contacts avec les autorités des pays de l'Otan et d'autres Etats, cette idée [d'une intervention militaire en Syrie, ndlr] n'est pas évoquée", a-t-il ajouté.

Le chef de la diplomatie russe a souligné que malgré une telle position de l'Alliance, "des appels anonymes à déclencher des violences armées en Syrie se faisaient entendre de temps en temps".

Selon M. Lavrov, un tel scénario est inacceptable pour la Russie.

"Nous affirmons publiquement qu'une intervention armée en Syrie pourrait tourner à la catastrophe", a conclu le ministre.

Jun 28, 2012 cbc.ca (AP)

Turkey deployed anti-aircraft guns and other weapons alongside its border with Syria, state television reported on Thursday, days after the downing of a Turkish military jet by Syrian forces heightened the tensions between the two countries.

A small convoy of military trucks, towing anti-aircraft guns, entered into a military outpost in the border village of Guvecci, which faces a Syrian military outpost across the border and where Syrian forces and rebels clashed in recent months, TRT television footage showed.

Several anti-aircraft guns have also been deployed elsewhere alongside the border. Some trucks were seen carrying self-propelled multiple rocket launchers, TRT footage showed.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Tuesday that any Syrian military unit approaching its border will be treated as a direct threat. Turkey's NATO allies have expressed solidarity with Ankara and condemned the Syrian attack but made no mention of any retaliatory action against Syria.

The deployment came before President Abdullah Gul chaired a National Security Council meeting on Thursday, TRT said. The meeting, attended by cabinet members and the military's top brass, is expected to focus on tensions with Syria.

Turkey and Syria had cultivated close ties before the Syrian revolt began in March 2011, but since then Turkey has become one of the strongest critics of Syria's regime and repeatedly called on Syria's President Bashar Assad to step down. Approximately 33,000 Syrians have sought refuge in Turkey.

Turkey is also hosting civilian opposition groups as well as hundreds of army defectors who are affiliated with the Free Syrian Army and collect food and other supplies to deliver to comrades on smuggling routes.

A Syrian minister said Wednesday his country's forces may have mistaken the Turkish plane they shot down for an Israeli one.

Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoebi was quoted as telling Turkish news channel A Haber in a telephone interview Wednesday that his country did "not want a crisis between Turkey and Syria."

Al-Zoebi said Turkish and Israeli fighter jets were mostly U.S.-made, which may have led the Syrian forces to mistake it for an Israeli jet.

Syria insists the Turkish military plane violated its air space on Friday. Turkey says that although the jet had unintentionally strayed into Syria's air space, it was inside international airspace when it was brought down over the Mediterranean by Syria.

The search for two missing pilots was underway in Syrian waters but hopes dimmed for their survival, Turkish authorities said.

Bird Eye mini-UAVs (Photo IAI)

27/6/2012 Arie Egozi - israeldefense.com

Knowledgeable sources say that Russia and Israel are expected to develop a UAV together, one that will suit Russia’s operational needs

Two days ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Israel for a visit in which pressing defense issues were discussed extensively, including the Iranian threat and the Syrian civil war.

It now seems that the cooperation between Israel and Russia is expected to expand in the defense field. Knowledgeable sources say that both countries are expected to develop at least one kind of UAV – one that will suit Russia’s operational needs.

Two years ago, Russia signed a deal for the acquisition of UAVs at a scope of $400 million from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The deal included the Searcher-2 and Bird Eye 400 UAV models, as well as the construction of an assembly and production line in Russia.

Now the possibility of expanding cooperation is on the agenda again. Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Dimitry Rogozin, recently expressed his satisfaction with the Israeli-Russian cooperation in the field of UAVs, and sources close to the issue have said that the forming cooperation is part of a greater “strategic understanding,” that serves both sides on a variety of issues. According to foreign sources, one example of this is Russia’s decision not to sell several variants of antiaircraft missiles to Iran.

The planned cooperation will also include the transfer of technologies pertaining to UAV production.

ZHUKOVSKY, June 28 (RIA Novosti)

The first consignment of three Mil Mi-25 helicopter gunships for Syria has been overhauled and will be delivered to the customer within the contracted time, a senior arms official said on Thursday.

The contract for the repair of the helicopters was signed by Russia and Syria in 2008, Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation director Alexander Fomin said.

"Syria is our friend, and we we fulfil all our obligations to our friends. According to the 2008 contract, we repaired three Mi-25s and are ready to deliver them on time," Fomin said on the sidelines of the Technology in Machine-Building 2012 exhibition at Zhukovsky near Moscow.

Fomin did not, however, disclose the overall number of helicopters in the contract. Media reports claiming Russia was to deliver 36 helicopters were false, he added.

The helicopters became the center of a diplomatic row earlier this month, with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claiming Russia was supplying weapons that would be used to massacre civilian protesters.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied the claim, saying the helicopters had originally been supplied in the Soviet-era and were being returned to Syria under an existing contract. He also said military equipment being supplied to Syria was defensive in nature and could not be used against civilians.

A ship which was carrying the helicopters from Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad to Syria turned back last week and docked in Murmansk, after the British insurer of the vessel withdrew cover after being informed of the cargo.

06.27.12Israel News

Expert says Turkish was not aware Syrian forces capable of intercepting enemy planes flying under radar. US officials: Damascus beefed up missile defense after Israel bombed reactor

Syrian news outlets quoted a military expert as saying that the anti-aircraft weapons used to down a Turkish fighter jet last weekend were made in Iran, Al-Quds al-Arabi reported Wednesday.

According to the Arabic newspaper, the Syrian expert said Damascus purchased an Iranian-made anti-aircraft gun two years ago. He said the gun can be mounted on armored vehicles.

The expert said the downed Turkish jet flew at a low altitude so as not to be detected by the Syrian radar. However, the expert said, the Turkish crew was not aware that the Syrian air force was in possession of a weapon capable of intercepting planes flying at such a low altitude.

'Syrian system is much more dense'

Meanwhile, the Seattle Times quoted American security officials as saying that Syria's downing of the Turkish jet showed its military is capable of mounting a sophisticated defense against potential enemies, thus "complicating a Libyan-style intervention."

The US officials said Syria's air defense systems have been beefed up by purchases from Russia following the bombing a Syrian nuclear reactor under construction five years ago. Foreign media said the attack was carried out by Israel.

US military officials were quoted as saying that, at least on paper, the Syrian air defenses appear to be far more robust than those encountered by NATO in Libya and stronger than even Iran's.

"I can name you worse (systems), but they are in places like China," said an Air Force official.

According to the Seattle Times, defense officials and military analysts say defeating Syria's air defenses would require a sustained US military effort that would probably lead to civilian casualties.

The report said most defense analysts claim the Syrian system is similar to the Iranian air defenses in terms of technology, but they suggested that Syrian version is more effective because it is concentrated in a smaller area.

"The Iranians have a huge geographic area to cover, which creates gaps that you can fly through and around," said Jeffrey White, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst. "The Syrian system is much more dense."

The experts said the Syrian air defenses are also more tightly integrated than the Iraqi or the Libyan systems, allowing Syrian military officers at disparate sites to share targeting information gleaned from radar.

TEHRAN, June 27 (MNA)

The deputy commander of the Navy has said that Iran plans to deploy light submarines to the Caspian Sea.

In an interview with the Persian service of the Fars News Agency published on Wednesday, Rear Admiral Abbas Zamini also said that three super-heavy submarines have already been deployed to the country’s southern waters.