TEHRAN (ISNA)-Commander of Iran's Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base, Farzad Esmaili announced on Tuesday the country will unveil a newly domestically made drone in September 2013.The drone is capable of carrying military equipments on board and will be unveiled on August 31.
Iran attained major achievements in design and production of drones and Hezbollah's drone launched into Israel was a small part of Iran's show of power, he said in regard with a question about the drone that penetrated Israeli airspace.
The operation code-named Hussein Ayub on October 6 saw Hezbollah’s drone made by Iran fly hundreds of kilometers into the Israeli airspace and getting very close to the Dimona nuclear plant without being detected by the advanced Israeli and US radars. The drone was finally intercepted and shut down by Israeli forces.
Parliament Member Esmail Kosari announced on Sunday that Iran has photos of "sensitive bases" in Israel transmitted by the drone.
