What is peculiar is the reason why Russia is using high end S-136 for stationary attack. It is ment for air defense and radiation (radar) sources. Due to honeycomb RAM and it’s radiation seeker it is more a high end solution.
Why Russia isn’t using Arash-1 or Ababil-2 for such strikes? Much cheaper than S-136
They can afford to pay for the higher end models. S-136 is not meant for air defense and radar specifically, can be used for anything and everything, probably different anti-radar variants exists.
Now, I've read something interesting recently on Russian Telegram channel, I have no clue if they are "in the know" or just are unaware of the IR sensor, or if their is a non-IR sensor version but...
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Speaking about the use of Iranian Shahid-136 kamikaze UAVs, a number of points should be noted.
By themselves, drones, as already mentioned, do not solve anything, like any other weapon. Any weapon makes sense (well, apart from museum and exhibition ones) only if it acts as part of a subunit, which is an element of a battle order, which is under single control and implements the commander’s plan in battle.
In order to act accordingly, the drone must be placed in the so-called reconnaissance-strike complex, which ensures the detection of targets and their immediate defeat due to the absence (maximum reduction) of time from the moment the target is detected to the moment the fire is opened.
The peculiarity of the architecture of Shahid-136 personally, which does not have its own camera and goes to the target by coordinates using a satellite navigation system, suggests its use in tandem with a reconnaissance vehicle (for example, Shahid-129 or our Orlan, if they succeed combine within one interface).
The reason for this is that for Iran, which is also experiencing an acute shortage of components due to sanctions, it is difficult to equip each kamikaze drone with a camera, and in these conditions it is advisable to act through the “leader”.
For the purposes of combat use, therefore, it becomes necessary to form groups that combine reconnaissance and strike capabilities in the hands of a single commander, capable of implementing the information received immediately, hitting targets on the battlefield and in the near rear. It can also be used as part of existing domestic RUKs, which were mentioned in his post (https://****/KaskadNerv/611) by dear @KaskadNerv.
In the meantime, it seems that at least some of these devices are used for stationary targets that do not require additional reconnaissance, deep in the rear, that is, acting on the instructions of top-level headquarters, which, by definition, do not have the ability to directly detect and act on targets on the battlefield. Is the reason for the lack of reconnaissance vehicles prepared by the RUK (again we look at the post of the Cascade) or "as I see it" command - a separate issue.
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They seem to state that a reconnaissance UAV acts as the mothership essentially to direct the suicide UAVs to their targets in this particular case. This is just a telegram account so I can't verify the authenticity but this is worth noting. What does the forum think?
My thoughts make me consider that these drones due to their long flight time capacity, can be launched and used to loiter around for long periods of time, and the recon UAV, can then direct them to a target(s) it finds while these S-136 are loitering around.
In this infographic this concept might have already been referred to as "Net based mission" but what was not shown in the infographic was the mother drone. The mission is directed by the mother drone operator Which could be a low RCS Shahed-191 which Russia is purported to receive, or anything like MH-6 or their own Orlans.
