Photos: Iran Unveils Home-Built Combat Drone

08/22/10
Report by Press TV; photos by Vahid Reza Alaee, Mehr News Agency Iran unveiled its first domestically-manufactured long-range Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in a ceremony marking Defense Industry Day in the country. The unveiling of the home-made drone, named Karrar took place in the presence of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a number of defense officials. The Karrar UAV is capable of carrying a military payload of rockets to carry out bombing missions against ground targets. It is also capable of flying long distances at a very high speed. Iran's defense industries have demonstrated spectacular progress in the recent year, launching numerous domestically-built armaments, including aerial and sea-borne military vehicles such as submarines, combat frigates, and various types of missiles. Iran inaugurated the production line of two domestically-built UAVs with bombing and reconnaissance capabilities. The two hi-tech drones named 'Ra'd' (Thunder) and 'Nazir' (Harbinger) are capable of performing long-range reconnaissance, patrolling, assault and bombing missions with high precision. Ra'd, a UAV especially designed for assault and bombing missions, has the capability to destroy specific targets with high precision. Tehran established an arms development program during the 1980-88 war that Iraq waged against Iran to counter the weapons embargo imposed on it by the US and its Western allies. Since 1992, Iran has manufactured its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles and fighter planes. Iran successfully tested a home-made radar-evading UAV with bombing capabilities in June 2009. In 2008, the Islamic Republic's Defense Industries launched production lines of two home-built fighter jets, namely Saeqeh (Thunderbolt) and Azarakhsh (Lightening). ... Payvand News - 08/22/10 ... --  http://www.payvand.com/news/10/aug/1212.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter berita sebelumnnya Iran to Build New Unmanned, Radar-Evading Bomber TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran is due to build a new model of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) by the end of September, a senior Iranian army commander announced on Sunday. "The new drone built on a one-seventh scale will be built before the Sacred Defense Week (anniversary of the beginning of Iran's sacred defense against an 8-year-long war imposed by Iraq from 1980 to 1988) and will be put to new tests," Iranian Air Force Commander Brigadier General Hassan Shahsafi told reporters here in Tehran. The virtual model of the drone will be presented to the Defense Ministry after different tests in future, Shahsafi added. He explained that the virtual size of the model UAV which has passed preliminary tests successfully in Tehran last month will be manufactured for reconnaissance missions but can also bomb targets and evade radars. Also earlier this month, the Iranian Air Force produced a new training fighter jet named 'Kosar' which is a joint production of the Defense Ministry and the Armed Forces' Aviation Industries. Iran successfully tested a home-made radar-evading Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with bombing capabilities in June. Also last year, the country's Defense Industries launched the production lines of two well-known home-made fighter jets, namely Saeqeh (Thunderbolt) and Azarakhsh (Lightening). ... Payvand News - 08/30/09 ... --