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Iran has officially announced the commissioning of a new MiG-29 electronic warfare simulator. This was stated by the commander of the Iranian army, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, who visited the Shahid Sattari Aviation University in southwest Tehran.
The Iranian general noted that the electronic warfare simulator successfully passed all tests. It was modified by experienced pilots of the country's air force, so there are no obstacles to putting the simulator into operation. In the near future, the equipment will be delivered to parts of the country's Air Force, which are armed with MiG-29 aircraft. Now, according to open sources, there are at least 36 Mig-29A/U/UB aircraft in the Iranian Air Force.
According to General Mousavi, electronic warfare means significantly increase the combat capability of aviation units in modern conditions. Since the simulator was developed by specialists of the Aviation University named after Shahida Sattari, the general called it one of the most valuable achievements of national aviation technologies in recent times.
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As General Mousavi noted, electronic warfare simulators used on all types of Iranian aircraft, including F-4 and Su-24 aircraft, were developed by scientists of the Aviation University named after him. Shahida Sattari with the direct participation of commanders and pilots of the Iranian Air Force.
We see that recently Iran has been paying special attention to improving the level of technical equipment of its army, including the air force. Iran has managed to achieve impressive success in creating unmanned aerial vehicles for strike purposes, but scientists and engineers of Iranian research organizations are also actively working on improving the electronic warfare equipment of the country's Air Force aircraft.
