Baghdad: Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani confirmed: “Continuing to enhance air defense capabilities and monitor the airspace within the phase of ending the mission of the international coalition in Iraq.”
Al-Sudani’s media office stated: “The Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, inaugurated today, Saturday, the new Air Defense Command Operations Center, and listened to a briefing on the center, presented by the Air Defense Commander, in which he confirmed equipping the new center with a modern system of high-detection radars, within the framework of the Air Defense Command’s efforts to develop the infrastructure for monitoring and ensuring the safety of Iraqi airspace.”
Al-Sudani stressed the government’s continued support and enhancement of the capabilities of command and control over Iraqi airspace, protecting it from violations and raising the level of immediate response, while praising the efforts of the leaders and officers who par
ticipated in completing and operating this center, which was established in cooperation with the French company Thales, which specializes in defense equipment, on the path of plans to develop the armament of our armed forces in all its branches.
He pointed out: “The government has allocated approximately 5 trillion dinars for these goals, including 3 trillion in the 2024 budget, and within the project to enhance armament capabilities.”
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces explained that the goal of preserving the security and sovereignty of Iraq on its land, airspace and waters is a major axis within the targets of the government program in the field of defense and confronting security challenges, especially in the post-international coalition missions phase, indicating the continuation of efforts to pursue all forms of terrorist threats or violations, and building detection and early warning capabilities, especially in the field of low detection, and with the development of air defense levels and tec
hnologies in neighboring countries and the region, in addition to emphasizing the development of the employment of the latest specialized aircraft to confront all possibility of breach or aggression.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency