🇮🇷🔫🇺🇸 Pentagon In Shock: Iran's 9-DEY Air Defense Targets Drones And Guided Bombs Iran’s missile launchers need protection when they leave their underground shelters. The 9-Dey short-range air defense system is designed to tackle the drones, cruise missiles and guided bombs that could threaten them above ground. 🔸 Eight missiles ready to fire on the original launcher give crews several shots before reloading. The system uses the vehicle and radar of Iran’s 3rd Khordad air defense family, pairing them with smaller interceptors for close-range threats. 🔸 A stated engagement range of 20 km and altitude of 10 km, cited in Press TV’s latest overview, put 9-Dey in the inner defensive layer around important sites. Its job is to intercept approaching weapons and aircraft within that envelope. 🔸 Different guidance options serve the same mission. The article describes command-guided missiles, directed toward targets by ground equipment, alongside a variant using radar reflections from the target. Both are intended to counter threats that get close to the defended site. 🔸 An updated launcher carries six larger canisters, with additional missile designs displayed alongside it. Press TV identifies one as using an imaging infrared seeker, which would let the missile home in on a target’s heat signature during the final approach, reducing its dependence on ground radar tracking. 🔸 Smaller interceptors could increase ammunition capacity further, but suggestions that four would fit inside one canister remain an assessment based on their dimensions. Confirmed deployment details for the newer variants are still limited. For Iran, the practical goal is to protect the exposed part of a missile mission: moving into position and preparing to fire. A close-range defensive layer can make attacking those launchers harder, though 9-Dey’s specific contribution in combat remains unconfirmed. Could systems like 9-Dey make attacks on Iran too costly? @NewRulesGeo❗Follow us on X