Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia, spokesperson for the Iranian Army, says that the country has managed to manufacture more advanced and sophisticated military hardware during the recent 40-day-long US-Israeli war of aggression, Iran’s Press TV reports.

“We were able to bring them into service right in the midst of the war,” he said, adding, “Additionally, we optimized missiles utilized by the Armed Forces, both by the Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and manufactured them with much higher quality. This shows that while we were using existing hardware, we did not overlook research and development.”