Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com Iran announced on Sept. 27 that serial production of Shahed-129 unmanned aerial vehicles had begun and that the UAVs can strike multiple stationary and mobile targets. Citing sources from Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps [IRGC], the state-run Press TV stated that the armed drone could carry four guided Sadid […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran has reported the export of indigenous unmanned aerial vehicles. Officials said the Teheran regime has exported several models of UAVs to allies in the Middle East and Africa. They said Iran’s defense industry has enhanced its technological capability by reserve-engineering U.S. unmanned platforms. “Iran has become a world leader […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Bill Gertz, Geostrategy-Direct.com Iranian state media displayed a captured U.S. intelligence-gathering aircraft identified as the RQ-170 unmanned aerial vehicle, a system that has been deployed to collect signals and imagery intelligence on Iranian nuclear programs and military forces. U.S. officials confirmed that the drone was lost Dec. 4 in eastern […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran has claimed the interception of Israeli-origin as well as western unmanned aerial vehicles. A senior military official said Iran has downed several Israeli UAVs since 2004. The unidentified official told Iran’s Fars News Agency that the interceptions took place over the Gulf. Officials said Iran has developed the capability […]