Tehran (IP) - During the 'Velayat Sky Defenders 1401' air defense drill, the predetermined objectives were hit by the Army's 15th Khordad and IRGC's 3rd Khordad defense systems.

Iran PressIran News: The air defense 'Velayat Sky Defenders 1401' drill kicked off on Tuesday's early morning jointly by the Army and Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) across Iran's air defense zones.

The Spokesman of the air defense drill Brigadier General Abbas Farajpour said that in the exercise, defending the vital centers of the country was to be practiced as a real 360-degree battle. 

The Khordad 15 is an Iranian-designed and built surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, be unveiled to the public on 9 June 2019.

The Sevom Khordad or 3rd Khordad is an Iranian road-mobile medium-range air defense missile system that was first unveiled on 11 May 2014.

On Thursday, June 20, 2020, a US Global Hawk spy drone intruding the Iranian airspace was shot down by the 3rd Khordad missile system after the drone ignored the IRGC’s several warnings.

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