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The HESA Karrar (Persian: کرار) is an Iranian jet-powered target drone manufactured by Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA) since 2010. The Karrar is a derivative of the American 1970s-era Beechcraft MQM-107 Streaker target drone, probably incorporating elements from the South African Skua , with hardpoints added for munitions.
Iranian military officials say that Shahed 129 UAV can increase Iran's surveillance capabilities in border areas such as the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman. [26] Mohammad Ali Jafari described the UAV as "smart, accurate and inexpensive." [27] Shahed 129s have been broadly dispersed and are not operated from any central airbase.
Iran first began using UAVs in 1985, with the Ababil-1 and Mohajer-1, which spied on Iraqi positions behind front-line trenches. In 1988, following Operation Praying Mantis where the US Navy inflicted heavy loses on Iran’s air and navy forces, [2] Iranian strategists realized they could not openly face the US by water. It was then that Iran ...
A photographer for the AFP news agency caught an unusually clear view of Russia deploying an Iranian Shahed-136 drone in Kyiv on Monday.
Online videos shared by Iranian state television purported to show delta-wing-style drones resembling the Iranian Shahed-136s long used by Russia in its war on Ukraine. The slow-flying drones ...
The modern Middle East has seen a number of occasions in which the assassination of high-level government and military figures was attempted, or at least considered. Such instances include United States decapitation strike air raids targeting Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1986 and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in 1991, 1998, and 2003, in addition to killings or attempted killings of non-state ...
Iran's drone ships aren't anywhere near the US. There's been significant hysteria surrounding developments in New Jersey, with some misidentifying crewed aircraft as drones. That doesn't, however ...
The Nightmare of the Vultures (Persian: کابوس کرکسها) is a documentary of drones and a simulated drone attack that was shown Iranian state TV on 7 February 2014. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The film gives a short history of the Iranian drone program, and depicts a simulated military counterattack against Israeli targets and American ...