Iranian radars astound world, F-35 not stealthy anymore; End of G-5 stealthy fighters?

Pars Today- The Zionist regime, after joint scheming with the US and receiving green light from Washington, and having threatened to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities several times, hit different targets in Iran in early morning of Friday (June 13) with air-to-ground missiles which led to the martyrdom of a number of senior military commanders, nuclear scientists and ordinary people.
The so-called operation “Rising Lion” of the Israeli air force used F-15 and F-16 fighters in the operation and these warplanes have also taken over the mission of providing aerial security for the regime against Iran’s retaliatory and punitive response.
According to Pars Today, the Zionist regime has appropriated a remarkable part of its air force capability to these attacks and claimed that 1,000 sorties of flights had been done in the operation and 330 missiles were fired with 200 fighters, including F-35 which is known as a highly advanced G-5 fighter.
The operational range of F-35 is nearly 1,100km and it can carry out missions inside the Iranian soil but it cannot return without refueling. However, American officials had claimed that the Israeli F-35 G-5 fighters can reach Iran without refueling or even losing stealth capability. The US and Israel have secretly increased these fighters’ operational range without the need to refuel in the air or land in a third country.
An unprecedented event during these attacks was that the Islamic Republic of Iran Army announced shooting down 3 F-35 fighters which has received extensive regional and global media coverage and drawn the attention of world public opinion, especially military experts, to the prowess and capability of the Iranian Armed Forces. In fact, this is the first time that F-35- as the most advanced American fighter- has been shot down with the fire of a defense system.
The public relations of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army announced on June 13, “The Air Defense Force of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran has struck and destroyed two F-35 fighters and a number of MAVs. The fate of the pilots of these two fighters is not known and the special operation units of the Army are searching for capturing them.”
Iran is the first country in history which has been able to shoot down the most sophisticated combat plane on the first day of the war.
On June 14, too, the public relations of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced, “The Air Defense Force of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran hit and destroyed another F-35 fighter of the Zionist regime in the sky of the west of the country. According to the reports the pilot has ejected and his fate is unknown.”
The point to note is that the Iranian Armed Forces, due to the repeated threats of the US and Israel, have taken into consideration to counter the G-5 fighters and taken relevant necessary measures, including deployment of Over-the-horizon (OTH) radars to detect and monitor these warplanes, manufacturing and deployment of various air defense systems such as “Bavar-373” long-range system and “Sayyad” tactical defense system which is capable of countering F-35 and F-22.
Brigadier General Davood Sheikhan, Commander of the Air Defense Force of the IRGC, who was martyred during the recent attack of the Zionist regime, had stressed a few months ago in an interview with the IRIB that, “We have plans for downing F-22 and F-35 fighters.”
Bavar-373 has the longest range of air defense missile system of the Iranian Armed Forces. This is considered a very strategic and important achievement in the field of air defense systems and has been designed for engagement with hostile aerial targets with a range of over 300km. Bavar-373 can be prepared easily for launching. It is radar-evasive which enables it to detect and intercept stealthy targets with very low radar cross-section, like F-35. This system was unveiled in 2016 for the first time and annexed to the Army Air Defense Force in 2019.
The Iranian defense ministry has also unveiled the upgraded model of Bavar-373, air defense system, called “Sayyad-4”. This updating of Bavar-373 system increased its range to 300km. “Bavar-373” long-range air defense system uses “Sayyad-4” and “Sayyad-4B” missiles.
Sayyad missile is capable of trekking 200 targets and engaging simultaneously with 12 targets. Its maximum speed is 8 Mach, i.e., 8 times more than the sound speed. This is while, the maximum speed of the single-seat fighter (F-35) is 1. Mach (1,930km) although it has special capabilities such as radar-evasiveness and smart sensors.
Sayyad tactical air defense system is also an operational system with medium and long ranges using the least number of components including a radar-carrying vehicle and three vertical missile launchers of Sayyad family.
Sayyad-2 and Sayyad-3 missiles have a length of 1.6m, diameter of 40cm, mass of nearly 1,000kg and range of 75-120km. The first one was put into use in 2013 and the second one was put into use in 2017. The missiles of this system can cover ranges of 75-120km which, according to the experts, this engagement range can be upgraded up to 150km.
The maximum speed of Sayyad-2 is 3.6 – 4 Mach and that of Sayyad-3 is 4.5 – 5.1 Mach which is much higher than the speed of F-35 fighter (1.6 Mach). Regarding the target detection at 180km distance and capability of engagement with 24 targets, it can be said that the capability of Sayyad tactical system is twice that of Khordad-15 and higher than all medium-range systems such as Khordad-3 in terms of the scale of simultaneous engagement.
Therefore, enjoying a variety of air defense systems with different capabilities and systems such as Bavar-373, Sayyad, Khordad-15 and Khordad-3, Iran is able to counter F-35 stealthy fighters of the Zionist regime effectively and hunt them. This has taken place in the recent attacks of the regime’s aerial invasion of the Iranian territory where a few fighters were shot down by the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran.                      
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