DHAKA: Iran unveiled its newest domestically manufactured phased array radar system, named the Asr (Era), in a ceremony held in Tehran on Wednesday.

The commander of the Navy, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, and the deputy commander of the Iranian Armed Forces, Brigadier General Abdolrahim Mousavi, attended the ceremony.

The Asr radar system has a range of 200 kilometres and is able to simultaneously detect and track up to 100 targets.

The Iranian Navy had previously announced that the radar system would be installed on a number of the country’s naval warships, Tehran Times prints this report on Thursday.

BDST: 1646 HRS, NOV 28, 2013