Iran Able to Spot Any Spy Plane
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A senior Iranian commander acknowledged the country was capable of reconnoitering any spy aircraft flying far away from its borders, adding that Iran's Air Defense Force would safeguard the Islamic Republic's territorial integrity.
Iran had developed such radar capability that it could reconnoiter any aircraft, Esmaili said, noting that the army's Air Defense Force previously identified an American U2 reconnaissance plane, using new radar systems.
Among other achievements of Iran's Air Defense Force, the commander said, was the 2014 downing of intruding aircraft including the "Israeli"-made Hermes drone.
In late August 2014, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps [IRGC] mentioned its forces had intercepted and shot down a Zionist spy drone with a surface-to-air missile.
The "Israeli"-made drone was heading to the Natanz nuclear facility in the central Iranian province of Isfahan.
This was not the first time that Iran's airspace became the target of espionage activities.
Furthermore, Iran identified and repelled an American U2 reconnaissance plane that was trying to intrude into Iranian airspace above the Sea of Oman in March 2013.
The country's air defense systems managed to detect the radar-evading aircraft and it left the area after receiving a warning from Iran's air defense units.
Similarly, the IRGC captured a US ScanEagle drone over the Persian Gulf upon its intrusion into the Iranian airspace in December 2012.
In December 2011, a US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft was also downed with minimal damage by the Iranian Army's electronic warfare unit.
The drone was flying over the Iranian city of Kashmar, some 140 miles from the Afghan border when it was brought down.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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