Iran operates many radar systems for air defense, missile warning, naval surveillance, and battlefield monitoring. These include domestically built radars and modified foreign systems (mainly Russian). Below are some of the most notable ones.
Major Radar Systems Used by Iran
Long-range early-warning radars
These are used to detect aircraft, missiles, and sometimes satellites far from Iranian airspace.
- Ghadir radar – A long-range phased-array radar with about 1,100 km range and detection up to 300 km altitude; claimed to detect stealth aircraft, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and even low-orbit satellites. (Wikipedia)
- Matla?ul?Fajr radar – VHF early-warning radar with 300–480 km range, designed to detect aircraft and missiles and operate in heavy electronic-warfare environments. (Wikipedia)
- Keyhan radar – Reportedly a very long-range phased-array radar with claimed detection up to 3,000 km (public claims, not independently verified). (PressTV)
3D air-surveillance radars
These track targets in distance, altitude, and direction.
- Ghamar radar – A 3D radar with around 450 km detection range capable of tracking 100+ targets including aircraft and drones. (Wikipedia)
- Falaq radar – A 3D phased-array air-surveillance radar with roughly 400 km range, upgraded from a Russian system. (Wikipedia)
- Samen radar – A VHF 3D radar useful for detecting low-observable or stealth aircraft. (Wikipedia)
Passive radars (harder to destroy)
These do not emit signals, making them difficult to detect.
- Alim radar – Passive radar with about 250–300 km range that tracks targets using reflections from existing radio signals. (Wikipedia)
- Bahman passive radar – Newer passive system detecting aircraft at around 160 km and designed to survive anti-radiation missile attacks. (PressTV)
Other Iranian radars
Iran has dozens of additional systems, including:
- Arash-2 radar – optimized for detecting stealth aircraft (~400 km). (PressTV)
- Kashef radar – mobile radar with ~150 km range. (PressTV)
- Bashir radar – air-defense radar (~350 km). (PressTV)
- Cheshm-e-Oghab radar – designed mainly for drone detection. (PressTV)
- P-3009 ground surveillance radar – tracks vehicles and people on land (up to 40 km for vehicles). (Default)
Overall:
Iran has built a layered radar network consisting of:
- Long-range early-warning radars (1000+ km)
- Medium-range air-defense radars (300–450 km)
- Passive radars (hard to target)
- Tactical and ground-surveillance radars
These radars feed information to Iran’s air-defense systems like S-300 and Bavar-373 and form the backbone of its air-defense network. (PressTV)
? If you want, I can also show you:
- A map of Iran’s radar network
- Which radars can detect stealth aircraft (like F-35)
- Which ones Israel or the US worry about the most.
