Iran among top five drone technology owners

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Iran among top five drone technology owners: Deputy Defense Minister​

The production line of the US ScanEagle drones in Iran

The Iranian deputy defense minister says Iran is among the top five countries in the world that possess drone technology.


Mohammad Eslami said on Friday that Iran is also among the “top ten countries in the world” in most fields of military sector.

The Iranian Defense Ministry official added that the Islamic Republic is currently designing and manufacturing some 20 unmanned aerial vehicles, which are categorized in terms of the range and altitude of flights. The long-range UAVs are “strategic,” Eslami explained.

He pointed to Iran’s experience of manufacturing short-range drones and added that the country is currently mass producing UAVs with a range of 200 kilometers.

Eslami said the latest Iranian long-range strategic drone may be unveiled on May 24.

Iran unveiled its first indigenous long-range drone, Karrar, in August 2010. The aircraft is capable of carrying a military payload of rockets to carry out bombing missions against ground targets, flying long distances at a high speed, and gathering information.

In September 2012, the country also unveiled a new indigenous UAV, Shahed 129, with a 24-hour nonstop flight capability.

On Friday, Iran for the first time released images of the production line of an indigenous unmanned aerial vehicle that is manufacturing copies of the US ScanEagle drone.

On December 17, 2012, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said Iran had launched the production line of ScanEagle drones, adding that the IRGC Naval and Aerospace Division was employing the UAVs.

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Iran among top five drone technology owners

 

[applesauce]

im interested who iran thinks the other top 4 is, clearly theres russia, us, china, israel, britain/france/europe the thing is, does iran consider Europe as a whole or individually like france and Britain. because all those have very advance UAV program with the US probably furthest/most advance of all, but i dont see iran being ahead of any other those 5 i listed in UAV tech, but if they consider europe as a whole, its quite possible iran would be placed 5th

 

[Archdemon]

So there is USA, Israel, UK, China, Turkey, S.Korea, Japan and more

 

[dbc]

I don't know about Iran being in the top five drone owners list but I do know the Iranian regime is number one in making me laugh.

 

[Programmer]

I can also build drones! But I'm certainly not a country!

 

[Icewolf]

Hmm. How come we have never seen a Iranian drone, fly, shoot bombs, or even take off?

How come we only see replicas of them.

 

[The SiLent crY]

Hmm. How come we have never seen a Iranian drone, fly, shoot bombs, or even take off?

How come we only see replicas of them.

http://www.defence.pk/forums/iranian-defence/228310-history-uavs-iran.html

 

[Archdemon]

Do they count Israel? i dont think so, they are probably 20th....

 

[kollang]

I don't know about Iran being in the top five drone owners list but I do know the Iranian regime is number one in making me laugh.

laugh as much as you die....

first of all Iran has access to RQ-170 one of the best UAV ever.secondly our UAVs have the technology to fly over US AC and just recently one succeeded to reach 200 km into israeli border sth US has not done to Iran.lol...

and after all sofre mahi UCAV which is going to be unveiled in next Persian year will definitely be ahead of any UAV from China and Russia.
plus Iran also produces Shahed-129 MALE UAV.

 

[Esc8781]

laugh as much as you die....

first of all Iran has access to RQ-170 one of the best UAV ever.secondly our UAVs have the technology to fly over US AC and just recently one succeeded to reach 200 km into israeli border sth US has not done to Iran.lol...

and after all sofre mahi UCAV which is going to be unveiled in next Persian year will definitely be ahead of any UAV from China and Russia.
plus Iran also produces Shahed-129 MALE UAV.

Errr... not really. The designers had avoided many sensitive technology on the Rq-170. For example grilled intakes.

 

[Mercenary]

Top 5 in the world?

Iran is 5th in the middle east

1 - Israel
2 - Turkey
3 - Egypt
4 - Saudi Arabia
5 - Iran

 

[kollang]

Errr... not really. The designers had avoided many sensitive technology on the Rq-170. For example grilled intakes.

so now RQ-170 became low-key UAV?
anyway RQ-170 was equiped with latest technology regarding camera and different types of sensor.plus RAM technology and high-tech engine and complex computer on it as well.

definitely Iran is ahead of israel and Russia in this case as well.

 

[Mercenary]

so now RQ-170 became low-key UAV?
anyway RQ-170 was equiped with latest technology regarding camera and different types of sensor.plus RAM technology and high-tech engine and complex computer on it as well.

definitely Iran is ahead of israel and Russia in this case as well.

yeah but you didn't invent it....

its like buying a bmw and then claiming you invented it and thus you are as good as the German Engineers who build the car

 

[T-123456]

so now RQ-170 became low-key UAV?
anyway RQ-170 was equiped with latest technology regarding camera and different types of sensor.plus RAM technology and high-tech engine and complex computer on it as well.

definitely Iran is ahead of israel and Russia in this case as well.

Dont be nationalistic be realist,nr-1=USA,nr-2=Israel,nr-3=Europe(france,germany,UK)nr-4=China,Russia,Turkey etc

 

[kollang]

yeah but you didn't invent it....

its like buying a bmw and then claiming you invented it and thus you are as good as the German Engineers who build the car

we got 4 scud missile from north Korea during Iran-Iraq war then we copied them,then we upgraded them,then we made shahab-3 missile and now we produce solid-fuel sejjil missile with CEP of 50 metres.
we bough Hawk AD systems from USA in 1970s then we copied it in 2000 and now we produce fully upgraded of it in home.we got few kornet anti-tank missile from Russia and now we produce it like chocolate in home.we got few buk-m2 AD systems from Russia and now we produce its Iranian version called "raad in home.we got few S-300 from belarus and now we are going to unveil its Iranian version by next persian year.and many more examples....

just 66 days left to unveiling of sofre mahi UCAV.