Iran says will install anti-misslie system on tanks

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran is to mount an anti-missile system on the turrets of T-72M tanks to protect them from attack, the Fars news agency reports today.

The report comes during Iranian military exercises and after the United States said it was preparing “alternatives” in case negotiations to revive a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program collapse in Vienna.

“The system has been tested and will be installed on the tank turrets. It will be able to deflect all types of missiles by jamming their systems,” Fars says, on the third day of land and sea military maneuvers in three of the Islamic Republic’s southern provinces.

The agency also reports Iran’s Revolutionary Guards land forces chief, General Mohammad Pakpour, as saying the tanks’ main gun has a three-kilometer (1.9-mile) range and precision night-time capabilities.