Iranian sources: Drones penetrated the country's airspace and the air defense systems failed to shoot them down

Iran's Natanz nuclear site.

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Amidst conflict over the explosion that occurred in the city of Natanz in Isfahan, central Iran, the day before yesterday, well-informed Iranian sources revealed to the Kuwaiti newspaper, Al-Qabas, that unmanned reconnaissance planes penetrated Iran's airspace, and the air defense systems failed to shoot them down.

According to the sources, more than five reconnaissance drones penetrated Iranian airspace, and the Iranian "Power 373" missile system and the Russian S-300 missile system failed to shoot down any of them.

The sources added to Al-Qabas that the drones were on an espionage and reconnaissance mission for the Natanz nuclear facility and the surrounding military sites.

The sources confirmed that the spy planes continued to fly over the Natanz facility for more than 40 minutes, without any of them being shot down, and the missiles landed in the vicinity of villages around the facility.

The sources indicated that after the failure of the air defense systems to shoot down the drones, the Air Force of the Revolutionary Guards used jamming systems in the atmosphere of "Natanz", and as a result, communications and the Internet were cut off in large areas of the city of Natanz.

The sources pointed out that the failure of the "S-300" to target the drones is due to the fact that Russia did not hand over all parts of the system to Iran.

The sources stressed that Iranian estimates indicate that the uranium enrichment facility may be exposed to possible attacks.

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