Bavar-373 long range air defence news and updates

[Rukarl]

A thread dedicated for Iranian indigenous long range air defence Bavar-373.
Bavar-373 is a completely Iranian designed and made system which has been in development for almost a decade. Its development began after Iran was denied long range systems from abroad.

S-300 is sometime called falsely "Iranian version of s-300". This is a misleading statement as these systems are completely different and not related to each other. According Janes international:

The announcement that Iran was working on its own long-range air-defence system prompted speculation that S-300-lookalike components seen in the 18 April 2010 Army Day parade may have been for the Bavar-373.

That theory has now been categorically disproved as the Bavar-373 displayed on 21 August is clearly a unique Iranian system that appears to reflect extensive investment in its ability to develop phased array radars.

http://www.janes.com/article/63215/iran-unveils-bavar-373-long-range-air-defence-system

Bavar-373's components were revealed a month ago in a military exhibition. Below are pics and some information.


The pic below show launch canisters. The launch canister suggest a hot launch system as apposed to cold launched systems as seen in S-400 etc.

Below shows Meraj-4 radar. This radar is the final production version of Qamar radar which was stated to have a range of 450km. Hence, Meraj-4 will have a minimum range of 450km.

Below we can see another flat lid radar which as off now is unammed:

Bavar TEL and a third un-named radar:

A side view of the Command post:

Missiles used in Bavar-373 were not shown on Camera in the exhibition, but below is one of the missile which were shown in a parade a year ago. The missile is the sayyad-4 missile whose range is thought to be 300km.

As of now, Bavar-373 has not yet been put into mass production. This will occur in a years time. Iranians president has ordered the Bavar-373 to be tested against ballistic missile. This is because B-373 can be used against ballistic missiles in their terminal phase. No videos of its tests have been publicised. Once videos of Bavar's tests are released, I will post them here.

 

[Rukarl]

Seems the Hafez radar with 250km range shown below is not used in Bavar:

I thnk the hafez radar will be used in Iran's other long range air defence system called Talash air defence.

 

[wOnDeR-ChAp]

Any video of test firing of this system? I hope it will not ended up like that.

 

[vizier]

Does Iran have shorad vshorad active defense suite developed capable of cheaply hitting guided munitions like agm88 harm and cruise missiles to protect these expensive radars other than Tor system purchased long time ago.

israel possibly wont be using 5000 km range jericho missiles it would require to extend its ballistic trajectory but probably its 1500 2000km variants. Hitting these types would be the basic requirement for abm role then can be improved further to 5000km range variants and above. Another development option can be a specialised shorter range but higher altitude faster missile for abm role against faster medium range ballistic missiles to protect airfields and nuclear installations as point defense. Sm 3 of usa aegis has 3 stages for exo atmospheric abm hit for example but a single stage missile of S400 would work cheaper and more efficiently against aircraft.

 

[Rukarl]

Does Iran have shorad vshorad active defense suite developed capable of cheaply hitting guided munitions like agm88 harm and cruise missiles to protect these expensive radars other than Tor system purchased long time ago.

israel possibly wont be using 5000 km range jericho missiles it would require to extend its ballistic trajectory but probably its 1500 2000km variants. Hitting these types would be the basic requirement for abm role then can be improved further to 5000km range variants and above. Another development option can be a specialised shorter range but higher altitude faster missile for abm role against faster medium range ballistic missiles to protect airfields and nuclear installations as point defense. Sm 3 of usa aegis has 3 stages for exo atmospheric abm hit for example but a single stage missile of S400 would work cheaper and more efficiently against aircraft.

Bavar is not a specialised anti ballistic missile defence. It's sole defence is defence against the fighter jets, cruise missiles, uav etc. A sole anti ballistic missile defence will be developed later.

Any video of test firing of this system? I hope it will not ended up like that.

Go troll somewhere and don't ruin the thread with your trash.

 

[vizier]

An abm variant missile would complement the system looking for good news to come.

That being said you need an active defense shorad vshorad combination to protect these powerful but visible radars.

Pantsyr two stage missile is about 80kg and can reach 15km altitude and 20km range very suitable for this task to cheaply provide cover for radars.

What pantsyr system lacks in my opinion is the truck variant can lock onto and attack two targets simultaneously which is limited.

What about using the 80kg missiles of pantsyr in vertical launch configuration stacked some 30 vertical rocket tubes together connected to the powerful main sam radar or another radar that can lock at least 30 targets 360 degrees and the system would be capable of attacking all these targets at once. possibly you need to adjust the guidance algoritm for proportional navigation instead of clos.

That would suffice for shorad against a saturation attack.

 

[Rukarl]

An abm variant missile would complement the system looking for good news to come.

That being said you need an active defense shorad vshorad combination to protect these powerful but visible radars.

Pantsyr two stage missile is about 80kg and can reach 15km altitude and 20km range very suitable for this task to cheaply provide cover for radars.

What pantsyr system lacks in my opinion is the truck variant can lock onto and attack two targets simultaneously which is limited.

What about using the 80kg missiles of pantsyr in vertical launch configuration stacked some 30 vertical rocket tubes together connected to the powerful main sam radar or another radar that can lock at least 30 targets 360 degrees and the system would be capable of attacking all these targets at once. possibly you need to adjust the guidance algoritm for proportional navigation instead of clos.

That would suffice for shorad against a saturation attack.

In the recent interview, the defence minster stated that more work needs to be done in the short range defence sector. So you will see alot of development in this part as will.

But lets keep this thread about B-373 purely.

 

[Draco.IMF]

In the recent interview, the defence minster stated that more work needs to be done in the short range defence sector. So you will see alot of development in this part as will.

I hope so, I am a big fan of the Mersad AD system:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersad

but lets stay on topic

 

[Faravahar]

So it's just stated that the range of Bavar-373's missile are 1.5 that of the PMU2.

http://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1395/07/10/1200914/برد-سامانه-موشکی-باور-373-اعلام-شد-1-5-برابر-سامانه-موشکی-s300

So this means our own indigenously designed system will have missile with 300km range. It terms of radar our designed system is superior in range (450km) and now also in missile range ( 300km).

 

[yavar]

Iran Khatam Al-anbia AD Gen Esmaeili: Bavar-373 successful missile test, operational 2018 باور-۳۷۳

Khatam Al-anbia air defense base Gen Esmaeili: Bavar-373 long range air defense system contacted it,s successful missile test and system operational by March 2018

 

[Draco.IMF]

Iran Khatam Al-anbia AD Gen Esmaeili: Bavar-373 successful missile test, operational 2018 باور-۳۷۳

Khatam Al-anbia air defense base Gen Esmaeili: Bavar-373 long range air defense system contacted it,s successful missile test and system operational by March 2018

sucessfull tested against what?:

UAV? -> not a big deal
Ballistic missiles? -> awesome

 

[raptor22]

sucessfull tested against what?:

UAV? -> not a big deal
Ballistic missiles? -> awesome

Not mentioned .. just said its all subsystems are completed now and its primary missile tests have been carried out successfully and are completed too, the whole system is Iranian made.. at the end of this year (Iranian) IRI air defense would receive it from DOO.

 

[Stryker1982]

Not mentioned .. just said its all subsystems are completed now and its primary missile tests have been carried out successfully and are completed too, the whole system is Iranian made.. at the end of this year (Iranian) IRI air defense would receive it from DOO.

I don't like how its two canisters instead of 4. Is thier a specific reason why 2 per TEL?

 

[Fafnir]

I don't like how its two canisters instead of 4. Is thier a specific reason why 2 per TEL?

We dont know its only 2,the simple fact is we have yet to see its final production/in service configuration and theres no reason it couldnt carry four launch canisters and I also notice that the blast deflector is long enough for four canisters.

 

[AmirPatriot]

I don't like how its two canisters instead of 4. Is thier a specific reason why 2 per TEL?

I usually notice 2 per TEL when there is a prototype of some sort. They don't need 4 canisters for testing. The same case happens for Sayyad-2 TELs.