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Iran has declared its largest combat drone, the Shahed-149 “Gaza,” operational, according to footage aired by the country’s state TV on January 27.
The announcement follows the successful deployment of the drone during the “Great Prophet 2025” military exercise, where it engaged multiple mock targets with high precision. The new footage showed the Shahed-149 equipped with eight Sadid-345 guided glide bombs.
The Shahed-149, which was developed by the Shahed Aviation Industries, is a high-altitude long-endurance combat drone similar in size, shape and role to the American MQ-9 Reaper. The drone was first unveiled and named after the Gaza Strip in honor of the Palestinians’ struggle against Israel amid the May 2021 Palestinian-Israeli crisis.
An upgraded version of the drone unveiled at Martyr Karimi Air Base in the central city of Kashan on July 22 is equipped with an improved landing gear system and new hardpoints.
The Shahed-149 has a flight duration of 35 hours, an operational range of 2,000 kilometers and a cruising speed of 350 kilometers per hour.
The Sadid-345 bomb, the main armament of the drone, weighs approximately 34 kilograms. It is equipped with electro-optical and GPS-assisted navigation, ensuring an accuracy of 2.5 to 5 meters The bomb has an estimated range of six kilometers.
The long endurance and range of the Shahed-149 should allow it to operate all the way from western Iran to Israel. The drone can also operate over the entire Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman from Iran’s southern region.
Iran managed to expand its drone program in the last few years despite facing sabotage attempts by Israel as well as strict sanctions by the United States and the European Union. Today, the country is one of the world leaders in drone technology.
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drones are evil imo.
with disruptors, all of this can be destroyed
they worship the god/supremacy of armaments. all of them.
just as prophesied.
it would have been better to return the shah to power than to make alliance with a traitor putin.
go back to your hole in the ground where 8200 was.
are you retarded?
the west is far more interested in suicidal diplomacy.
what shah? do you mean the us puppet that fled and die short after decades ago? seems geissenpeter fcked heidis little brain out?
i imagine this will help them secure borders. or fight against citizens who rebel. but against sophisticated enemies, it’s probably less relevant.
it’s best you can have. didn’t you see the beginning and ongoing fight in ukraine? why do you think both sides have havily upgraded on drones?
you thoughts are brainwashed by us news. because they use these weapons to kill zivilists.
who cares? in the end it will do nothing to stop zionism and will eventually be used to control populations.
that is part of the zionist plan.
either you are a zionist, or you are a zionist. there can nothing be between.
zionism, is a suicidal indoctrination, against nature.
the muslin minority are the russian allies , they are very strong and smart as we saw in sirya
you got that right 1000,s of sanctions yet they can build hypersonic missiles and in answer to the poster heidi – russia has now developed fibre optic drones which are immune to any of your so called “disrupters “.
america is buying israel,s “iron dome ” –why ?? iran,s missiles weren’t stopped by it ,the places where it hit were covered up by israel and the usa/uk.
drones to impress who? while both iran and russia are part of #now, look at their general wearing a mask! all zionists iran, russia, china, worse than the usa, there is nothing to hope for from this comedy
##new world order*drones to impress who? while both iran and russia are part of the #new world order*, look at their general wearing a mask! all zionists iran, russia, china, worse than the usa, there is nothing to hope for from this comedy
so according to you all nations are zionist?
why are they wearing masks?? how old is this video?? or is there another miracle killer virus??all governments are disgusting
all the governments of the world agree among themselves, look during the covid, no country has deviated from the dogma of vaccination, mask and confinement, they are all zionists and for the coming of the antichrist
that is the dogma of the albert pike crowd: they are the real hidden hand that controls all world governments and religions: it is a luciferian cult of satan.
iran will defend it’s boarders and it’s people. the terrain will not allow for western control.
lascia perdere, pensa a costruire il corridoio nord sud india iran e riavrai il prestigio che il popolo iraniano merita e togli il fazzoletto in testa alle donne mandale all’università. buon lavoro
none of these recent. ostentatious, military displays compensate for the obvious political division and cowardice of the iranian decision-makers. as a group, it refuses to recognise its error of 2024, that it loses when it puts doing a deal before winning. yet gaddafi of libya and russia in the ukraine discovered that for the west, a deal is simply a tactic to weaken the other side as part of a devious plan to destroy it. hamas did better because yahyah et al realised that.
nuž ako to tvrdia zrejme to bude pravda. teraz ešte aby tak aspoň 10 ks poslali do ruska na odskúšanie!!! niet na odskúšanie v pravých bojových podmienkach. operátorov si môžu poslať svojich. postačí ak rus iba bude zadávať ciele a kontrolovať výsledok!!! svetu mier!!!
catching up with the west from 20 years ago.
nice piece of kit, useful against proxy guerilla forces working for the west deep inside you country with no air defense. easier than sending an intercept force, just annihilate them with drones on the border.