Medium-range SAM
Tabas
Tabas, Iran
Medium
IR
Iranian mobile medium-range SAM (cheaper Ra'ad version)
Version of the Ra'ad family (unveiled May 2014), cheaper than the 3rd Khordad and similar in concept to the Buk-M1. The flat radar on the TELAR can rotate and tilt mechanically. Each battery has one TELAR and two TELs with three Taer missiles each. Little unclassified information is available.
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- Vehicle
- IVECO-based 6x6 wheeled chassis
- L × W × H
- Unknown — the WEG gives the Tor-M2 dimensions; unreliable
- Dimension source
- US Army TRADOC Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)
General
- Role
- Medium-range defence
- In service
- Unveiled 2014; displayed 2016
- Battery
- 1 TELAR + 2 TELs, 9 missiles; 4 batteries per battalion + Bashir radar
- Crew
- 3
Weapon
- Missile
- Taer-1 and Taer-2, 3 per vehicle
- Range
- ≈ 40 NM (75 km, WEG); estimates up to ≈ 54 NM
- Altitude
- up to ≈ 82,000 ft (25 km)
- Targets
- 1 at a time, 2 missiles
Radar & threat
- Radar
- Flat-panel radar on the TELAR; Bashir battalion radar (S band, ≈ 190 NM)
- Countermeasure
- SEAD against the TELAR (one target at a time), ECM, saturation
- Threat level
- Medium — limited simultaneous targets
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