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Bavar 373
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Bavar-373 (, meaning Belief and 373 being Abjad numerals for یا رسولالله or O, Messenger of Allah!) is an Iranian long-range road-mobile surface-to-air missile system unveiled in August 2016. Iran describes it as a competitor of the S-300 missile system. It is manufactured by the Iranian Defence Ministry in cooperation with unspecified local manufacturers and universities.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Bavar 373
- Weapon.image
- Bavar-373 TEL.jpg
- Weapon.caption
- Bavar 373 TEL
- Weapon.origin
- Iran
- Weapon.type
- Mobile long range surface-to-air missile
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.is_UK
- yes
- Weapon.service
- August 2019
- Weapon.production_date
- 2014–Present
- Weapon.propellant
- solid fuel
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- surface-to-air missile system
- Country of origin
- Iran
- Developer
- Defense Industries Organization
- Manufacturer
- Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics
- Image
- 2019 Sacred Defence Week parade (1198).jpg
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- Commons category
- Bavar-373
- service entry
- 2019-08-22
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Design
- Operators
- See also
- References
Bavar-373 (, meaning Belief and 373 being Abjad numerals for یا رسولالله or O, Messenger of Allah!) is an Iranian long-range road-mobile surface-to-air missile system unveiled in August 2016. Iran describes it as a competitor of the S-300 missile system. It is manufactured by the Iranian Defence Ministry in cooperation with unspecified local manufacturers and universities.
The system was formally unveiled during a ceremony attended by the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on 22 August 2019, and was declared operational the same day.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bavar 373” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.