Ethiopia showed that Iranian drones are of very very low quality.
And how exactly did Ethiopia show such a thing? For Ethiopian officials made no statement to that effect, while available data indicate Addis Abeba managed to turn the tide in the Tigray conflict after taking delivery of Iranian-made UCAV's.
Heck even in Ukraine your drones have been nullified.
A thread was opened in this section of the forum documenting tons of successful Russian strikes with Shahed-136 / Geran-2 suicide UAV's. Conversely, Ukrainian claims of interception are hardly ever substantiated by evidence. So everything points to the effectiveness of Iranian drones.
A point confirmed by USA generals, by the way:
Iranian drones transferred to Russia have had a significant impact on Moscow’s war against Ukraine
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org...and-rise-asymmetric-drone-warfare-middle-east
The cited paper is a testimony to Iran's prowess in military drone technology. Which is formidable enough for Washington pundits to qualify it as a direct threat to the zionist regime as well as a game-changing factor compromising American air-superiority over their air bases and forces. Statements taken from the same source:
The regime’s (sic) large and growing drone force, which can be used for reconnaissance or strike missions, now poses an existential threat to the Gulf states and a direct threat to Israel, as does its formidable missile force.
In the bigger picture, advances in drone technology have produced an inflection point in aerial warfare—comparable to the introduction of manned flight more than a century ago—that has ended the guarantee of U.S. air superiority over its forces and bases.
Do you think China should seriously hold a press conference to deny it?
No, but they could still have a lower tier official deny it in the framework of an interview with a random media publication. This wouldn't be too laborious nor costly a move.
as i said. Drones are the lowest end of the aviation industry. When a country cannot manufacture qualified advanced fighters. It was forced to only make drones.
Now. The country brags about its drones.
A large, varied and sophisticated arsenal of UAV's can be among a select category of assets capable of deterring all out military aggression by the hegemonic global "superpower". Whereas classical air power wouldn't - at least for countries that do not possess the size and resources of China, in other terms every country other than China; when it comes to achieving parity with the USAF, even China's not quite there yet. So for Washington's adversaries, asymmetry is the way to go.
This was acknowledged by a USA general writing a research paper for a hawkish Beltway think tank:
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org...and-rise-asymmetric-drone-warfare-middle-east
Iranian drone strikes, as exemplified by the September 2019 attack against Saudi Aramco facilities, have jolted Middle East leaders and revealed Tehran’s long-range precision strike capabilities. The regime’s (sic) large and growing drone force, which can be used for reconnaissance or strike missions, now poses an existential threat to the Gulf states and a direct threat to Israel, as does its formidable missile force. Moreover, Iranian drones transferred to Russia have had a significant impact on Moscow’s war against Ukraine. In the bigger picture, advances in drone technology have produced an inflection point in aerial warfare—comparable to the introduction of manned flight more than a century ago—that has ended the guarantee of U.S. air superiority over its forces and bases.
So if Iran highlights her significant achievement in the drone sector, it won't be without reason.
Why should China deny a joke?
If reactions from Chinese forum users are an adequate measure, it will seem to have the potential of getting the broader public worked up. Maybe in this regard an official denial would make sense.
Do you think Iran's UAV is more advanced than North Korea?
Iran is definitely ahead of Korea in UAV's.
Middle east monitor quoting Iran International...
@lydian fall dude read and then post, u intentionally trolling Iran..
The primary source is an official from Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and National Security, first quoted by Iranian media outlets such as Mashreq News, brother. All fotreign sources including MEMO and Saudi International based their stories on those initial publications from Iran.
you people will not believe 90 countries requested to purchase from Iran unless you see the list .
1- Israel
2- USA
3- Saudi Arabia
4- UAE
5- china
6-russia
7- France
8- Germany
9-UK
10-italy
11-canada
12- Australia
13- japan
14- south Korea
15- india
16-indoneisa
17- pakistan
18-brazil
19- Spain
20-turkey
21- greace
22-poland
23-ukrine
24-bangladesh
25 - maxico
26-egypt
27- Bahrain
28- oman
29-qatar
30-azerbbian
31- Mongolia
32- Belarus
33-Kazakhstan
34-Kyrgyzstan,
35- Tajikistan
36-Taiwan
37-Turkmenistan
38- Uzbekistan
39-brazil
40-spain
41-chile
42-peru
43- Norway
44-sweden
45-holland
46- Switzerland
47-ecuador
48- Bolivia
49-iraq
50-afghanistan
51- Uruguay
52-paraguay
53-colombia
54- Singapore
55- Thailand
56- Malaysia
57-cuba
58- south africa
59-libya
60- nigeria
61- Belgium
62- purtogal
63- denmark
64 - Finland
65- iceland
66- Greenland
67- Ireland
68- philpines
69- veitnam
70-mayanmar
71- nepal
72- bhutan
73-sri lanka
74- austria
75- Romania
76- Hungary
77- romania
78- crotia
79- serbia
80- Lithuania
81- latvia
82- morroco
83- niger
84- sudan
85- chad
86-mali
87- ethopia
88- algeria
89- mauritiana
90 - united nations
Is this the list of all countries you can name (minus the first and the last, which are no countries)?
I dont think Arabs will obey US these days,
Question being whether the USA regime will allow clients to emancipate themselves easily. Especially ones with strategic relevance such as the major oil exporters that PGCC states are. History suggests that Washington would not. We've seen how western imperialists infiltrate the security institutions of their allies to the hilt, and use these assets to step in and prevent them from changing their strategic course (through coups, assassinations etc).
Saudi is trying to shake off American gripping.
What we're witnessing appears to be a case of polarization between rival American deep state factions projecting itself onto the relationship between Washington and its clients. In this concrete example, Bin Salman is enjoying guarantees from Jared Kushner i.e. the "Kissinger faction" of the USA deep state to manifest some marginal insubordination here and there vis à vis Biden-led Democrats currently in charge.
More generally, the USA sees benefit in Saudi-Chinese rapprochement insofar as it could grant Riyadh some leverage in encouraging Beijing to distance itself Iran. To NATO, jeopardizing the formation of an concurrent bloc composed of their three main adversaries Iran, Russia and China is a top policy priority.
People couldn’t believe the number of defense companies in China that offer drone products. The domestic market seems over saturated and yet you guys are trying to tell me China is buying more drones from foreign. Com’on bro, be mature please…
If China or some private Chinese entity placed such an order, it wouldn't imply that Chinese domestic industries are incapable of producing the same items. For a number of reasons, countries sometimes import what they simultaneously mass-produce at home. Iran for example has such extensive natural gas reserves that these would suffice to asphyxiate every living being on the planet several times over, yet Iran struck swap deals with neighbors like Turkmenistan for gas imports to cover local consumption in the northeast of the country. This kind of practice is normal.
Yeah I said that in previous posts, you just have to go back from the beginning of the thread. My biggest bones with the article mainly is the 15000, I don’t have any actual real numbers but I don’t think America and all European countries combined would have that amount in their stockpile that’s why it seems far fetched, China wishing to purchase a few examples I can see that.
When evaluating Iran's drone stockpiles, western armies are not a viable indicator to go by. They follow different doctrines and have therefore different priorities. Just as with ballistic missiles, no country apart from Iran has focused as intensively on these specific systems nor allocated a comparable portion of its defence budget to producing them. Therefore estimates putting the size of Iran's UAV arsenal in the tens of thousands aren't far fetched.
