Iran launches missile attack on Israel
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Shahed drones would be useful as well for future attacks by Iraqi resistance groups supplied by Iran. The problem I observed in its usage in Ukraine conflict is I think flying too low makes it easier to detect on flat areas by short range air defense systems on its flight path eventhough it has low rcs(especially the jet engine version). Flying low is good for getting close to the target but once it is in a flat area flying several 100ms altitude short range systems like gepard can detect them from several kms and shoot them down.
If it flies at 5+km altitude it will be much harder for ground radars to detect it in my opinion. Only point defense would work and in case of a saturation attack it becomes difficult to take out all shahed drones at the target. If low altitude flight profile is planned it needs to avoid flat terrain as much as possible and fly close to mountains.
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