File photo show Iran’s domestically developed and manufactured Sayyad-2 (Hunter-2) missile.

Deputy Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Shahrokh Shahram said on Saturday that Sayyad-3 missile has improved the capability of the S-200 system, noting that the missile can strike mid-altitude targets. Sayyad-3 is an upgraded version of the mid-range, high altitude and solid-fuel Sayyad-2 missile. Shahram further stated that the indigenous Mersad (Ambush) missile system was previously armed with the domestically designed and manufactured Shalamcheh missiles but now specialists at Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base have mounted Sayyad-2 missiles on Mersad defense system. Iran successfully test-fired its domestically designed and manufactured S-200 missile defense system in November 2010. Sayyad-2 surface-to-air missile is said to have a maximum range of 350 kilometers. It has been designed based on the state-of-the-art technologies, which can destroy different types of helicopters, drones and targets with small radar cross-section, high speed and maneuverability within its operational range. It was first tested in April 2011, and is currently in the Iranian Armed Forces’ inventory. The medium-range Shalamcheh missile travels at the speed of three Machs and is resistant to enemy electronic warfare