Its operational capabilities were confirmed when it shot down an American Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk near the Strait of Hormuz.

[1] Each battalion also includes a Bashir 3-D S-band Phased array Surveillance radar which has a detection range of 350 km.

[1] In addition to the Taer-2B, the Sevom Khordad can also be equipped with eight Dey 9 short-range missiles to engage fighters and drones.

[4] On June 20, 2019, A 3rd Khordad Air defence system shot down a United States RQ-4A Global Hawk BAMS-D surveillance drone[5][6][7] with a surface-to-air missile over the Strait of Hormuz.

While United States deny it and says the closest the drone got to iran's border was 21 mi (34 km).