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I did a post on this very topic a page or so back,check it out as it has both pics and vids of the alternative launch systems.Don't you think the process of making these drones combat ready in this number & scale is time consuming? mounting them on cars a runway & ... ???
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/iran...s-in-persian-gulf.607932/page-5#post-11288872
Its actually a much better system than the alternatives of gas/pneumatic catapults or rocket assisted zero length take off systems,as in addition to requiring specialised launchers the drones would still have to be placed onto the launchers just as they have to be placed on top of the truck/4x4 launch vehicles,the other advantage of the currentsystem is that it allows you to do mass launches very easily.Its a very clever,cheap,mobile and flexible system,more so than its alternatives.A large drone like an s-129 maybe slightly quicker to get armed and off the ground and into the air,but it is both more expensive to build and to operate and also requires expensive infrastructure like runways to operate from.
Air power by its very nature is extremely demanding in terms of both infrastructure and logistics,it takes time to get an air strike ready,and the larger it is the more time it takes and the more support it requires.I think this may have been a contributing factor to the iris luke warm enthusiasm for airpower,at least compared to the pahlavi regime who seemingly couldnt get enough of it,and the iris search for indigenously produced systems like missiles and drones that could provide an alternative to it.
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