Iran’s Nazir long-range radar system put into operation

[The SC]

Iran’s Nazir long-range radar system put into operation
Mon Aug 29, 2016 12:53PM

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Iran unveils Fat'h 14 long-range radar system during a massive drill by the Iranian Army, October 18, 2015.


A senior Iranian commander says the country has put its domestically-manufactured Nazir long-range radar system with the capability of detecting radar-evading targets into operation.

“Nazir radar has come into operation and no radar-evading flying object can enter the Islamic Republic’s airspace without permission from now on,” Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili, the commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base, said on Monday.

He added that the homegrown radar specializes in detecting small flying objects such as the US Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, US General Atomics MQ-1 drone and the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 surveillance aircraft.

“The Nazir radar can easily detect and trace ballistic and cruise missiles and most importantly radar-evading aircraft," the commander said.

The radar system was put into operation at the altitude of over 3,000 meters (about 9,800 feet).

In September 1, 2015, Iran unveiled two domestically-built state-of-the-art radar systems, dubbed Nazir and Bina, capable of detecting stealth targets at high altitudes.

Nazir is a long-range radar system that can detect and track hostile aerial targets within a radius of 800 kilometers at an estimated altitude of 100,000 feet, while Bina uses three-dimensional (3-D) technology to detect radar-evading targets. It can also be used to deter electronic warfare.

The two radar systems have been deployed in mountainous and plain areas in the southeastern parts of Iran.

In October 2015, Iran unveiled a new long-range digital radar system, dubbed Fat’h 14 (Conquer 14), which is capable of detecting enemies’ strategic objectives.

The radar system has a range of 600 kilometers and can detect small airborne targets at a high altitude. High agility and swift connection to command and control network are among other features of the semiconductor radar.

Fat’h 14 is the first radar featuring such characteristics in the Middle East.

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/0...atam-alAnbiya-Air-Defense-Base-Farzad-Esmaili

 

[Rukarl]

@Arminkh bro, you has made a good comment showing the capabilities of this radar in the air defence thread when used to detect the US uav, I think it would be great if you could post it for this thread too. Thanks dadash.

 

[Arminkh]

@Arminkh bro, you has made a good comment showing the capabilities of this radar in the air defence thread when used to detect the US uav, I think it would be great if you could post it for this thread too. Thanks dadash.

Sure. I will

 

[Rukarl]

Sure. I will

Thanks dadash.

 

[Arminkh]

Nazir's specific use is to detect low RCS flying objects like drones, stealth aircraft and cruise missiles.

It was recently revealed that Iran detected a US drone 20 miles off Iran border that was approaching Iran from Afghanistan. You can read further here:

http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/...رارگاه-پدافند-به-پهپاد-رادارگریز-آمریکایی-سند

The capture of the radar screen shows the object was flying at around 137 feet or around 40m (height of a 10 story building):

It takes a very special radar to detect a drone at such a low height in the mountainous area of border with Afghanistan.

I personally think it was the Nazir radar that detected it.

 

[Rukarl]

I think it was 100% Nazir. That's why they made the news about Nazir being active right after this UAV incident. This is apparently a very unique radar.

 

[Rukarl]

Nazir radar's control center

 

[raptor22]

I don't know why they made it public ...

 

[Hack-Hook]

I don't know why they made it public ...

Well if you mean Nazir, well maybe because its useless hiding it. As soon as you turn it on every government in area will know its exact location. Its just a simple triangulation . then why hide it from media when you can't hide it from the enemy.

 

[Samak]

I don't know why they made it public ...

They didnt show any pic from antenna

 

[raptor22]

Well if you mean Nazir, well maybe because its useless hiding it. As soon as you turn it on every government in area will know its exact location. Its just a simple triangulation . then why hide it from media when you can't hide it from the enemy.

Publicly talking about it and saying its capabilities and showing its command center is one thing being found by other countries is another thing .... although they are not the same but for example many might have known about existence of Rq-170 before its presence in Afghanistan but the US didn't release its footage or any details for years till it was brought down by Iran ...

 

[Hack-Hook]

Publicly talking about it and saying its capabilities and showing its command center is one thing being found by other countries is another thing .... although they are not the same but for example many might have known about existence of Rq-170 before its presence in Afghanistan but the US didn't release its footage or any details for years till it was brought down by Iran ...

I believe they didn't gave away more than what they gave away by warning the us drone.

 

[PeeD]

Its on a 3000m mountaintop near Tabas, at that point its overlooking a vast area reaching up to Afghanistan.

So what would be a unique radar?

If I was in charge and knew about both existing IRGC and developing IRIADF over the horizon radars, as force multiplier would be a pencil beam tracking radar that would scan the few kilometers where the inaccurate OTH radar seems to have found a target.

A large static radar based on the Bavar fire Control radar or one at lower band would be it. A AESA radar which can concentrate the radar energy via beamforming to one spot and by that give it a huge range for a line of sight radar. Lookdown and anti-cutter capabilities would allow for such a force-multipler radar to work.

Remember they said that the Bina radar is located in flat vallys and the Nazir at mountaintop.

The big limitation why such a radar has not yet been disclosed or developed (in a sense the THAAD and Arrow radar do something similar) is that you first need a well working OTH radar which only few countries have as well as usable high mountains which compensate the line of sight limitation of such systems.

Iran is one of few countrys in the world which has both.