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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force is the primary operator of Iran’s growing fleet of UAVs, although most Iranian military services employ them. [5] Major General Bagheri in September 2016 announced the development of new long-range attack drones with the capability of precision bombing which was being shared with Russia. [6]
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]
Qaher-313 in 2017. The managing director of the Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO), a subsidiary of the Defense Ministry, announced in a televised interview on 18 February 2023 that the fighter had reached technical maturity but would be reworked and fielded as an unmanned drone rather than a manned aircraft to adapt it to the requirements of Iranian military units, first deliveries ...
'clear' or 'determination') is an Iranian multi-purpose ground-launched unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). [1] The UAV was first displayed on 27 August 2019 at the MAKS air show held at Zhukovsky International Airport, Russia. [2] [3] The Mobin is the first UAV of its kind in the world, designed to penetrate enemy defenses and get past incoming ...
In July 2019, Iran used the Mohajer-6 against PJAK militants. [18] The Mohajer-6 has reportedly been used against Jaish ul-Adl in 2023. [19] In September 2022, a Russian Telegram post claimed, that Russia used a Mohajer-6 to guide Geran-2 suicide drones to their targets in Ukraine during their Invasion of Ukraine. [20]
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 ...
Iran denied sending arms for use in the Ukraine war and Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Iran will not remain indifferent if it is proven that Russia used Iranian drones in the war against Ukraine. [107] [108] [109] On 5 November 2022, Abdollahian said Iran shipped "a small number" of drones to Russia before the war. He ...
In response to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Iran intensified its defense efforts, investing heavily in advanced missile systems, drones and fortified infrastructure.