There are so many rumors and claims about it's being a false flag operation or russian weapons or technology behind it ... etc
I just want to shed some light on it ... (
From technical point of view)
It seems 2 types of drones & 1 type of cruise missile used in this operation :
- Unknown number of delta wing suicide drones powered by wankel (rotary) engines
- Unknown Jet powered UCAV which is able to carry 4 smart bombs
- Quds-1 cruise missiles
1. Delta wing suicide drones (The name of this suicide drone is unknown)
Origins : Iranian design (Shahed Aviation Industries) Made in yemen under licence
Engine : High efficient Shahed-783 wankel (rotary) engine
Range : +1500 km (one way trip)
Here you can see the original aircraft in Iran :
Shahed-783 wankel engine :
2. Unknown Jet powered UCAV
(Disclaimer: This is just my opinion base on available information and evidences)
Yemeni army spokesman said a Jet powered UCAV Also used in the attack!
There are 2 known jet powered UCAVs in Iran's inventory
(Which are able to carry 4 smart bombs):
- Shahed-171 (The presence of this drone in yemen is unlikely !)
- Shahed-161 (Saeghe) Jet powered variant
Shahed-171 :
The level of sophistication in this drone is beyond yemenis local production capabilities !
(Jet engine - flight control computer - etc)
Shahed-161 :
Engine : Tolou(طلوع)-10 (?-
Possible name) (Which also used in Shahed-191)
The presence of Tolou-10 engine in yemen confirmed here :
3. Quds-1 cruise missiles
Type : LACM (Land Atack Cruise Missile)
Engine : Tolou(طلوع)-10 (Which also used in Shahed-191 & 161 and probably Ya Ali LACM)
Range : +1500 km (Demonstrated in the attack)
- It's not Kh-55 (or Iranian version Soumar) Cruise Missile
- It's not Ya Ali Cruise Missile
It's smaller than Soumar in size and have visual differences and a different power plant !
Soumar powered by a turbofan engine but
Tolou-10 is a turbojet !
Visual differences :
Quds-1 :
Soumar :
And it's not even Ya Ali Cruise Missile :
But probably Ya Ali components used on Quds-1(?)
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Thanks for your time - SOHEIL