Tabas Iranian Medium-Range Air Defense Missile System
Tabas
Mobile Air Defense Missile System
Other
Basic Information
Name
Tabas Iranian Medium-Range Air Defense Missile System
Designation
Tabas
Alternate Designation
Tabas
Equipment Type
Mobile Air Defense Missile System
Manufacturer
—
Date of Introduction
2014
Description
Tabas missile radar system is similar to the Russian Buk Missile System. Tabas radar system. The Tabas missile defense system has been designed and traced for destruction targets in the medium range and medium to high. The radar of this system is flat-panel, and it seems that it has the ability to change the mechanical angle in 2 horizontal and vertical directions. Although Tabas is designed to achieve less costly systems than the 3rd Khordad missile system, it has fewer targets for fighting, but due to the firing of missiles from the TAERER-2 family by the Tabas radar, it is naturally high and at least about 100 km is estimated.
Ground Specifications
Crew
3
Mobility Type
Wheeled (6x6)
Engine
Diesel
Active Protection
None
Max Speed
65.0 km/h
Range
100.0 km
Variants
Sevom Khordad
Sevom Khordad (also known as 3rd Khordad) is a further improved version of the Tabas. It uses an active phased array radar. It is capable of reaching targets within range of up to 105 km and at an altitude of up to 30 km altitude. This system was officially displayed in 2016. By 2019 it was the most advanced and powerful Iranian medium-range air defense missile system.
System
Alternative Designation
Tabas
Type
Medium-Range Air Defense Missile System
Crew
3 ea
Chassis
It was officially displayed in 2016. It uses a 6x6 wheeled chassis, based on IVECO commercial truck, though with many design changes.
Displacement Time
INA
Emplacement Time
INA
Note #1
A battery contains 1 Transporter Erector Launcher and Radar (TELAR) and 2 Transporter Erector Launcher (TEL) vehicles. These are based on a heavily modified IVECO 6x6 commercial truck chassis. Each vehicle carrier 3 missiles. So a single battery has 9 ready-to-fire missiles. A battalion has 4 batteries with 4 TELARs and 8 TELs and can engage multiple targets simultaneously
Note #2
Each battalion additionally includes a Bashir S-band 3D phased array surveillance radar which has a detection range of 350 km. The battalion also has a command and control (C2) unit, based on IVECO truck chassis. The C2 unit provides communication between Tabas batteries. Furthermore, the C2 unit can connect other air defense systems of the Raad family, including the older Raad and further improved Sevom Khordad, into a single air defense network. This allows to cover large area and targets can be engaged with a wide range of missiles from the cheapest Taer-1 missiles to the most capable Taer-2s. This adds the capability of facing different types of threats with different types of interceptors. In case of heavy jamming when even the X-band engagement radar can’t handle its duty, the C2 unit can provide an additional data link, connecting the system to electro-optical engagement systems of Raad batteries, in order to guide missiles toward targets.
Note #3
The Tabas missile radar system is similar to the Russian Buk Missile System.
Dimensions
Length
7.5 m
Width
3.3 m
Height
5.1 m
Weight, Combat
INA
Automotive
Engine Name
IVECO
Engine Type
Diesel
Engine Power
INA
Cruising Range
500 km
Speed, Maximum Road
65 km/h
Speed, Average Cross
INA
Speed Maximum Swim
Not Amphibious
Missile System
Missile Name
This system uses Taer-1 and Taer-2 missiles
Type
Surface-to-Air Missile
Missile Diameter
INA
Missile Length
INA
Missile Maximum Range
75 km
Missile Maximum Altitude
25 km
Note #1
This air defense system can engage aircraft and helicopters. Most likely that Tabas can also engage ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, anti-radiation missiles, smart bombs and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Note #2
There is very little unclassified information online about the Tabas.
Fire Control
Fire Control System
Name
INA
Computerized FCS
Yes
Direct Fire
Yes
Indirect Fire
Yes
Note
It can reportedly only engage a single target at a time, while providing guidance to two missiles.
Radar
Name
Bashir S-band 3D phased array surveillance radar
Type
Phased Array Radar
Frequency/Band
S-Band
Range
350 km
Note
Bashir Radar
Bashir radar systemThis radar was seen at the 2017 IRGC Aerospace Force Exhibition, and then images of its close-up were displayed in the national media. The Bashir radar has a flat antenna based on a base that has a 360 degree rotation and looks like a phased array type. In fact, the Bashir radar scans the environment on the horizon with the mechanical rotation of the antenna, which is a common structure in many radars. In addition, in advanced radars, the ambient scanning is carried out in altitude with a change in the angle of the waves, which is also commonly used in the Bashir radar.
The antenna shape also shows that the radar uses smaller wavelengths such as L and S bands that have a higher accuracy in determining the position of targets compared to the HF / VHF / UHF bands, but still to search for and track radar targets in and out. Medium and long rackets are used.
In the Bashir radar, similar to the overall design of the radar, its antenna and its base, and the location and shape of the antenna of the friend recognition system from the enemy, there are significant differences in these parts and the lateral components as compared to similar radars. The integrated antenna level, the difference in the number of antenna elements in the IFF system and the 3 components mounted on the back and on the sides of the antenna are among these differences, which indicate the native design of the Bashir radar, while modeling the successful and successful foreign radars.
Protection
Hull Armor
INA
Applique Armor
No
Explosive Reactive Armor
No
Active Protection System
No
Mine Clearing
No
NBC Protection
INA
Smoke Equipment
No
Details
Country of Origin
Iran
Category
Radar Guided Missile Systems
Land > Air Defense > Radar Guided Missile Systems
Filter Label
T
Classification
Domain
Ground
Equipment Status
Active
Dimensions
Length
7.5 m
Width
3.3 m
Height
5.1 m
Weight
—
Operators (1)
Iran
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