Commander Underlines Iranian Ground Force’s Equipment with Hi-Tech Weapons

"Today, we have taken great steps in achieving our goal of equipping ourselves with smart, pinpoint, digital and electronic weapons,” General Heidari said, addressing a meeting on Wednesday.

He referred the guidelines of the Leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on the necessity of increasing and upgrading the Iranian army’s strength and mobility for countering possible wars, and asserted that “by changing its structure and organization, the Army Ground Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been able to meet the current operational needs in order to be ready to face any possible threats in any way”.

The commander continued to say that all of the developments that have taken place in order to increase the mobility, agility and combat capability of the forces have been done by relying on domestic industries and with diligent efforts made by Iranian specialists as well as believing in the principle of self-sufficiency.

General Heidari noted that “in the future, wars would be based on making an impact, not destruction”, adding that “today, we have taken great steps in achieving our goals of equipping ourselves with smart, pinpoint, digital and electronic weapons to counter the possible threats to the country".

In relevant remarks in May, General Heidari announced plans to boost production of different military equipment in the new year (started on March 20).

“We will have a desirable leap in area of military parts [production] in the Year of Surge in Production and we have put good plans on agenda for developing robots, helicopters, anti-armor and anti-missile equipment, quadcopters, drones and different types of border monitoring sensors,” General Heidari said.

He added that Iran has gained self-sufficiency in production of defensive weapons and equipment, noting that the Ground Force has made desirable success in production of hand-thrown drones and their maintenance.

The Iranian Army has in recent years made double efforts to increase its defensive and combat power.

General Heidari had also announced in February that the Army's Airborne Unit has boosted the range of missiles fired by helicopters.

"Today, the range of Army Airborne Unit's missiles has increased to a very desirable level and we have achieved self-sufficiency in the field of night-vision systems and we can fly over night and destroy targets," General Heidari said.

He described the Iranian Army's Airborne Unit as the biggest helicopter fleet in the Middle-East.

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