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Ukraine's drones are critical assets in the war and are said to account for at least 80% of Russia's frontline losses. "Drones are super vital," Jackie said. "Drones are super vital," Jackie said.
The HESA Ababil (Persian: ابابیل) is an Iranian family of single-engine multirole tactical unmanned aerial vehicles manufactured by Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA). The Ababil comes in four main lines, the Ababil-2 ,3, 4 and 5, of which the Ababil-2 has a number of variants. It is considered a long-range, cost ...
Russia and Ukraine have traded air strikes, after a week of intensifying rhetoric in which Russia tested a new missile on Ukraine. Russia has made close to 1,500 strikes on Ukraine since Sunday ...
State-of-the-art drone-hunting technology being used on the battlefield in Ukraine could soon be deployed to crack the mystery behind a spate of unmanned flying objects purportedly spotted in the ...
HESA has been subject to American sanctions since 2008. [6] The Council of the European Union sanctioned it on 26 July 2010, [7] and HM Treasury on 27 July 2010. [8] On 30 January 2023, the European Union imposed additional sanctions on HESA for providing Russia with UAVs used in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [9] [10]
The Shahed 131 (Persian: شاهد ۱۳۶, literally "Witness 131"), or Geran-1 (Russian: Герань-1, literally "Geranium-1") in Russian service, is an Iranian-made exploding drone which came to prominence in October 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [1] [2] [3] It is powered by a Wankel engine model Shahed-783/788. [4]
On Thursday, Ukraine's air force said it downed 34 out of 55 drones launched in an overnight attack, with a further 18 failing to reach targets. Air defences repelled Russian drone attack in Kyiv ...
The Shahed 129 made its first known drone strike in February 2016, which was the first wartime drone strike by Iran. [24] [13] There is some evidence Shahed 129s may have made a drone strike with Sadid-1 missiles in November 2015. [25] A Shahed 129 was also used to provide bomb damage assessment for the 2017 Deir ez-Zor missile strike. [10]