"As the drones have been equipped with various types of bombs and missiles, they can be utilized by the forces in combat missions," Hatami said, his remarks cited by Tasnim.
Additionally, the defence minister noted, the UAVs can be used as decoy targets in air defence, and for deception operations inside an adversary’s air defence network.
"This one looked like a civilian airliner...oops. It was"
"These drones will help ensure a safer Iran
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and perform air defence operations with more power," Hatami stressed, adding that they were built by domestic defence industries on the basis of designs created at the nation’s universities and knowledge-based companies.
The drones, said to include the Karrar (’Striker), Ababil-3 (’Swallow-3’) and an unnamed ’multipurpose jet-engine-powered’ drone, have operational ranges of up to 1,000 km, flight ceilings of 40,000-45,000 feet, and a flight duration of between three and eight hours.
Fars News Agency published a mashup video showing off Iran’s drone capabilities.