Iran to revamp defense industry based on recent war experience: Defense Ministry

📡 Iran to revamp defense industry based on recent war experience: Defense Ministry 📌 Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian Defense Ministry says it will restructure and modernize the country’s defense industry in line with the experience and lessons learned from recent wars, stressing the need to adapt defense capabilities to emerging requirements. In a statement issued ahead of National Defense Industry Day on August 22, the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics said on Thursday that Iran’s defense industry has been built on domestic knowledge and capabilities in response to threats and sanctions, and has become one of the pillars of the country’s power and deterrence. ​ The ministry paid tribute to the martyrs of the defense industry and highlighted the role of Iranian scientists, specialists and young people in developing the country’s defense capabilities. ​ The statement said that the recent imposed wars served as a real test of the country’s defense capabilities, adding that the achievements of the defense industry, alongside the capabilities of the Armed Forces and the Iranian people, thwarted a significant part of the enemy’s calculations. ​ The Ministry of Defense stressed that the wars also revealed new requirements as well as existing strengths and weaknesses. Accordingly, it said, the defense industry will be continuously modernized, restructured, and updated in line with the lessons learned from these wars. ​ The statement also emphasized the concept of a “revolution in the defense industry” based on national defense participation, the use of knowledge-based companies’ capabilities, smart technologies, and accelerating the transformation of knowledge into defense capabilities. ​ The ministry reiterated that its main mission is to transform “field experience into knowledge, knowledge into technology, and technology into future defense capabilities”, stressing that achieving this goal requires the participation of universities, specialists, knowledge-based companies and the public. 📲 ​