BANDAR ABBAS – Iran will send three satellites to the space, said deputydefense minister on Thursday.

‘The satellites are Iran-made and will be put on different orbits,’ saidBrigadier-General Qassem Taqizadeh in the ceremony marking joining of twovessels to the Iranian Navy.

Speaking on the country’s deterrence power, he said, ‘Iran has been able tomake a surface-to-surface precision missile with the range of 2,000kilometers.’

He added that Iran uses the scholars of the Defense Ministry, universitiesand knowledge-based companies for making different equipment.

He also said that the new equipment developed by Iran was used againstDaesh (ISIS).

Iran’s deputy defense minister added that the country has gained verycomplicated achievements in cruise and anti-ship industries, some of whichare superior to those of the West.

Saying that in the cartography organization, a very advanced system isdesigned, he added that the production line of Kowsar fighter has opened.

‘We plan to be the superior power in aviation. We have developed varioussuperior technologies in drones; we can now find, recognize, and targetdrones.’