Iran launches radar to detect cruise, ballistic missiles

A top Iranian commander said Wednesday that the country has launched a radar system which can detect cruise and ballistic missiles, the English language satellite Press TV reported. "The Ghadir radar has been designed and manufactured to discover air targets, radar-evading planes, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and satellites at low orbits," Aerospace commander of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Amir Ali Hajizadeh was quoted as saying. The Ghadir radar system with a range of 1,100 kilometers in radius and a height of 300 kilometers has become operational in the country for the first time, said Hajizadeh. The Islamic Republic began the 10-day missile drills on Monday. On the first day of the exercises, Iran unveiled underground missile silos and fired Fateh-110 missile. Iran announced on Tuesday that it "successfully" testfired 14 short, medium and long-range missiles on the second day of the missile drills.