Iran is preparing to test its own version of the S-300 missiles

Iran plans in March / March 2014 (the end of the year in the Iranian calendar) test of the missile defense system, "Bavaria -373" ("-373 doctrine"). It is a system of air defense system similar to the Russian S-300. This was quoted by the official IRNA news agency ISNA on Saturday, the commander of the Iranian air defense base "seal of the prophets", Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili.


Before the March / March 2014, will be tested on a number of substantive elements of the systems, but began mass production it will take a long time, as he told reporters Esmaili.


The general did not specify the technical characteristics of systems "Bavaria -373" that Iran is developing. He pointed out that the Iranian army is also working on "improving technical capacity for the S-200, which declared the Iranian military to develop its anti-aircraft missile, in February 2010..