Iran launched huge maneuvers named “Tharollah” (God’s vengeance) to boost anti-air defenses in sensitive places particularly nuclear sites

Iran launched huge maneuvers named “Tharollah” (God’s vengeance) to boost anti-air defenses in sensitive places particularly nuclear sites.

“These exercises, which will last for four days will take place in the southern half of the country and it will include a major group of missiles, radar and aviation systems,” Iran’s aerospace defense command announced on its website.

          

In conjunction with air maneuvers, Iran was conducting wide scale ground maneuvers as a “response to the Western powers sanctions on Iranian oil,” Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari said.

The declaration came as officials from the UN nuclear watchdog were holding talks in Tehran on Iran's nuclear program.

"These maneuvers aim to reinforce the coordination between the military and the Revolutionary Guards for a total coverage of the country's sensitive facilities, especially nuclear sites," a statement from Khatam al-Anbia military air base coordinating Iran's anti-air and ballistic missile systems said.

These exercises covered a zone of 190,000 square kilometers in southern Iran, it said.

In the same context, Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said Iran has numerous programs underway to build warplanes and military aircraft. According to the minister, “Iran-140” aircraft is one of Iran’s most outstanding achievements in aerospace technology. As for missile activities, he said Iran was among 10 top world countries active in the area.
  
Addressing the opening of the 11th Aerospace Conference in Tehran, he stressed that Iran enjoyed high capabilities in building both warplanes and non-military aircraft adding that Iran enjoyed one of the biggest repair centers for engines of civilian and army planes.