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Iran has tested its home-grown air defence system, designed to match the Russian S-300. Iran's head of the Revolutionary Guards' air defence, Farzad Esmaili told state media that Bavar-373 system is made completely in Iran and some of its parts are different from the S-300. He said all of its sub-systems have been completed and its missile tests have been conducted. Esmaili said Bavar (which means "belief") is Tehran's first long-range missile defence system, and is set to be operational by March 2018. In 2010, Iran began manufacturing Bavar-373 after the purchase of the S-300 from Russia was suspended due to international sanctions.

Navy inducts landing craft utility ship  The Navy has inducted a landing craft utility ship which will be deployed for a variety of activities including transporting battle tanks and other heavy weapons systems. The Navy said in a statement in New Delhi today that LCU L52 is the second Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk-IV class to be inducted into the Indian Navy. The ship has been indigenously designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata. It said the primary role of LCU MK-IV ship is to transport and deploy main battle tanks, armoured vehicles, troops and equipment from ship to shore.