Iranian UAVs | News and Discussions

[Saleh99]

One of many.

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Thanks Man

 

[skyshadow]

Why doesn’t iran put a good missile/bomb rack on its drones? @skyshadow @Mithridates

don't know , money probably

 

[Sineva]

I found some more early pics of what would become the Kaman 12 ucav

This ones called Arispad Targets,tho whether thats the name of the drone or the company that makes it I cant tell.

This time its now called Ofogh II,perhaps the original design was Ofogh I,and it now has the enlarged nose and lengthened wings with a slightly swept back leading edge that we saw in the Mohajem 92.It also has a new 4 cylinder engine as opposed to the original single cylinder engine.
The most noticeable thing is the new tail which now has an inverted V configuration,tho at some point prior to the unveiling of the Mohajem 92 this was converted back to the original horizontal elevator configuration.I suspect that they may have swapped the tails on this and another drone as we see this drone sporting what looks to be the original tail from the Arispad

While its original configuration had a tail that looked like this

Interestingly we can actually see this drone and its twin right next to the Arispad in a display.

Ofogh I ?

 

[Philosopher]

IRGC Seeding Clouds by Iranian Version of US-Made RQ-170 Drone

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) is using the indigenized version of RQ-170 drones - manufactured through the reverse engineering of a similar American pilotless plane that was downed by Iran in 2011 - for seeding clouds over the Iranian territories.

Following the sharp decline in rainfall in Iran in recent years, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps came to work on cloud seeding and started using its flying equipment and manned and unmanned aircraft.
In cloud seeding, manned and unmanned aircraft fly into rain clouds (CB clouds) and shoot bullets containing iodide silver or biofoam nanoparticles into the clouds, causing them to be seeded and rain.

Low costs and high maneuverability of drones have made the device a golden option in cloud seeding, and the IRGC Aerospace Force has been seeding the clouds using the Iranian version of the RQ-170 drones by 5 groups in different parts of the country in the past 2 years.

The Iranian version of the RQ-170 drone has been manufactured through the reverse engineering of the US drone which was tracked and downed in Iran late in 2011 and has been equipped by the IRGC with bombing capability in addition to its original surveillance capabilities.

FarsNews Agency - IRGC Seeding Clouds by Iranian Version of US-Made RQ-170 Drone

 

[Ich]

IRGC Seeding Clouds by Iranian Version of US-Made RQ-170 Drone

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) is using the indigenized version of RQ-170 drones - manufactured through the reverse engineering of a similar American pilotless plane that was downed by Iran in 2011 - for seeding clouds over the Iranian territories.

Following the sharp decline in rainfall in Iran in recent years, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps came to work on cloud seeding and started using its flying equipment and manned and unmanned aircraft.
In cloud seeding, manned and unmanned aircraft fly into rain clouds (CB clouds) and shoot bullets containing iodide silver or biofoam nanoparticles into the clouds, causing them to be seeded and rain.

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Low costs and high maneuverability of drones have made the device a golden option in cloud seeding, and the IRGC Aerospace Force has been seeding the clouds using the Iranian version of the RQ-170 drones by 5 groups in different parts of the country in the past 2 years.

The Iranian version of the RQ-170 drone has been manufactured through the reverse engineering of the US drone which was tracked and downed in Iran late in 2011 and has been equipped by the IRGC with bombing capability in addition to its original surveillance capabilities.

FarsNews Agency - IRGC Seeding Clouds by Iranian Version of US-Made RQ-170 Drone

Works good together with planting lots of trees as we can see in Ethiopia.

 

[skyshadow]

 

[Philosopher]

Works good together with planting lots of trees as we can see in Ethiopia.

Agreed, we need forestation programs and also turning deserts into fertile lands.

Really happy to see Iran using UAVs for such an important task.

 

[Ich]

Agreed, we need forestation programs and also turning deserts into fertile lands.

Really happy to see Iran using UAVs for such an important task.

Over the decades Iran has learned to optimize its options.

 

[Sineva]

Good footage of the aftermath of a successful deployment of an ababil 3 emergency parachute landing system.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313453142235910144

 

[Messerschmitt]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313467483114758145

 

[skyshadow]

 

[Stryker1982]

so yesterday a Mersad drone dropped Mersad bombs and a fighter jet got destroyed by a Mersad air defense system in a military exercise.


we have so many Mersads



for those who don't know the Mersad drones these are Mersad but they have a non jet versions too so Mersads have 2 different versions

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The sheer amount of cost-effective, drone inventory in Iran, will likely be replacing our conventional airforce. Just observing Azerbijians use of Turkish drones tells us how effective they are even in contested airspace and also how vulnerable they are.

While the drones have been effective at destroying Armenian positions, a larger number of these extremely expensive drones have been shot down indicating that a small fleet of expensive drones is likely not the best option, but instead a large number of cost-effective drone swarms will be the future. We can see despite the importance of their drones strikes, their inventory is depleting fast through satellite images of their airbases, and the cost of purchasing each are in the millions.

Iran can deploy hundreds of drones to a small battle space like NK without much discomfort to any losses. I'm very happy that we are taking this route instead of building aircraft. Focus should be 100% on drone warfare as many other nations are stuck in their old ways of conventional airforce, we can go full speed on bomber and interceptor drones

 

[raptor22]

so yesterday a Mersad drone dropped Mersad bombs and a fighter jet got destroyed by a Mersad air defense system in a military exercise.


we have so many Mersads



for those who don't know the Mersad drones these are Mersad but they have a non jet versions too so Mersads have 2 different versions

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Wasn't it Saeghe?

 

[TheImmortal]

The sheer amount of cost-effective, drone inventory in Iran, will likely be replacing our conventional airforce. Just observing Azerbijians use of Turkish drones tells us how effective they are even in contested airspace and also how vulnerable they are.

While the drones have been effective at destroying Armenian positions, a larger number of these extremely expensive drones have been shot down indicating that a small fleet of expensive drones is likely not the best option, but instead a large number of cost-effective drone swarms will be the future. We can see despite the importance of their drones strikes, their inventory is depleting fast through satellite images of their airbases, and the cost of purchasing each are in the millions.

Iran can deploy hundreds of drones to a small battle space like NK without much discomfort to any losses. I'm very happy that we are taking this route instead of building aircraft. Focus should be 100% on drone warfare as many other nations are stuck in their old ways of conventional airforce, we can go full speed on bomber and interceptor drones

You do realize Armenia doesn’t have a unified air defense system or national radar grid?

So how drones before against Syria or disputed region of Armenia is totally different than how they will face against a Israel, Saudi Arabia, etc that employ many ADs and Radar points.

 

[Sineva]