On the eve of Revolution Day, February 11, Iran presented a domestically made experimental stealth aircraft and inaugurated production lines for Raad drones for attack missions and Nazir drones for intelligence missions, as well as a production line for the Toufan-5 armor-penetrating missile and the Qaem laser-guided anti-helicopter missile.
An Iranian Air Force official reported on the development of antiaircraft missiles that are superior to the Russian S-300, which will be operational soon.
A senior official in the land branch of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Nasser Arab-Beigi, said that Iran has a variety of missiles that will surprise the U.S. and that will give a crushing response to its tanks if it attacks Iran.
Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said that Iran sees its defense abilities as belonging to the Islamic ummah.
Source: Dolat.ir, Mehr, Iran, February 8, 2010; ILNA, Iran, February 7, 2010; Fars, Iran, February 2 and 6, 2010
