military drones have become essential weapons in mother conflicts capable of
accomplishing almost all tasks that manned aerial vehicles could do some countries have long been
investing on manufacturing indigenous complicated drones and are already using
them in the best possible way surprisingly iran is one of them let's have a brief look
the first use of drones by iranians dates back to almost three decades ago in the late 1980s
iran deployed a drone armed with six prg seven rounds in the iraq war
the islamic republic of iran is not typically mentioned in the list of cutting-edge technology
but on drones iran punches well above its technological weight in recent two decades
iran has struggled with putting together the systems needed to deploy a tactical attack drone
but it's done a great job with affordable reliable engines and designs iran's experience shows that
modest investment can in the right circumstances have a high payoff now based on the report from
american resources iran is among top five countries for manufacturing indigenous
high-tech drones alongside u.s china israel and turkey but why iran is working on this
specific sphere and how it can get the most out of it drones could be manufactured with very
low budget and some of their equipment could be easily purchased in international market and their
efficiency is so much more than many high-tech very expensive weapons so this is exactly what
tehran needs and they did reach their goals with serial production of more than 15 different
brands of various drones based on a claim by an iranian official last year they have an arsenal of
thousands of different uavs the interesting point is that iranian generals have planned a brand new
method of warfare with combination of ballistic missiles and kamikaze drones to attack an object
like what happened with the 2019 saudi oil fields which by the way military analysts still can't
understand what exactly happened and why none of us different systems reacted therefore the iranian
game of drones in the middle east especially while there is at least two other drone powers israel
and turkey is a very important issue to be studied so let's have a look at some key
iranian drones muhajir 6 muhajir is the first line of iranian drones dating back to three decades ago
the largest module which is module 6 has a maximum range of 124 miles an endurance of 12
hours and can fly up to 18 000 feet high above the reach of many short range air defenses
the mohager 6 incorporates composite plastic materials to save weight
and can perform automated takeoffs and landings for our moment it can carry 2 and 1 glide bombs
the next one is shahid 129 medium altitude lung endurance ucav iran's most important ucav is the
shahad 129 medium altitude lung endurance drone which resembles the israeli hermes 450 and uses
the same austrian-built rotax 914 piston engine as used by usmq1 predator drones in 2020 an iranian
navy variant of the shahad called the seymour was tested against maritime targets seymour has
a range of around 1 000 miles and sailing of 25 000 feet then there is kamon 22ucav in february
2021 the iranian air force unveiled a new longer range drone closely resembling the usmq-9 reaper
the camon 22 can reportedly fly out to 1900 miles and for more than 24 hours and can carry up to six
weapons there is also another drone called fotoros fortress is said to be the largest iranian drone
and was firstly unveiled in 2013. it supposedly boasts a range of 1200 miles an endurance of
up to 30 hours a maximum altitude of 25 000 feet and a payload of up to six in one precision bombs
the gaza uav is a high altitude lung endurance similar in size and shape and role to the american
mq-9 reaper it's a larger heavier and more capable aircraft than the earlier shot 129 which
was similar to the mq-1 predator it has a flight duration of 35 hours a range of 2000 kilometers
21 meter wingspan 350 kilometer per hours cruise speed and is capable of carrying 13 bombs
and 500 kilograms of electric equipment iran also has different sizes and models of kamikaze drones
arash kamikaze drone is the main one according to unofficial data capable of flying 2 000 kilometers
launched from a launcher mounted on a car chases and could destroy targets on its own
army and irgc officials of iran have also said that they have drones capable of flying more
than 5 000 kilometers despite sanctions in recent years iran has been able to present
new military drones almost every year and seeing their efficiency they have become as
important as missiles some of those drones have already proved efficiency in iraq
syria yemen and new drone exports could also help tehran field test them in other regions
for example iran recently opened the factory to manufacture indigenous drones in tajikistan
also venezuela and some african countries have already purchased iranian drones but the most
important foreign user could be russia in the ukraine war there are some unofficial reports
that iran has supplied drones to russia in exchange for modern fighter jets so the iranian
drone technology is already major but they have still lots of new things to unveil thanks for
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