There were many reports about "Iran is establishing a UAV factory in Belarus. Although it was said in this report that the purpose of establishing this factory in Belarus is to send drones to Russia more easily.*.
And it seems that they were true.
Karrar is the first long range drone with defensive capabilities.
IRI claims that they have over 100 Karrar missiles/Drones in operation and producing many more daily.
Ever since the #Ukraine war, Iran has increased it's production of various offensive and defensive drones for domestic and export purpose. The most famous Iranian drone, Shahed 136/131 is now being produced by #Russia, #Belarus, #Uzbekistan and #Yemen possibly more countries and other countries have copied the design with similar or same capabilities.
پهپاد رهگیر کرار مجهز به موشک مجید تحویل نیروی پدافند هوایی ارتش شد
🔹آیین الحاق گروه‌های پروازی پهپاد کرار مسلح به موشک مجید به یگان‌های نیروی پدافند هوایی ارتش با حضور امیر سرلشکر سید عبدالرحیم موسوی فرمانده‌کل ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران برگزار شد.
🔹پهپاد کرار؛ رهگیر مسلح به موشک مجید تحت عنوان طرح رسول حاصل همکاری و هم‌افزایی وزارت دفاع و پشتیبانی نیروهای مسلح و نیروی پدافند هوایی ارتش است که می‌تواند با هزینه بسیار کمتر از هواپیماهای باسرنشین شکاری، عملیات رهگیری و انهدام هواگردهای متخاصم را به انجام رساند.
#Iran #Military #Drones #Politics #Shahed136 #Karrar #AirDefense #US #Israel #UkraineWar #Gaza #Palestine
This version of the drone uses a mini jet engine instead of a propellor, to achieve higher speeds. This makes it harder for the Shahed to be intercepted and shot down.
Some have called it a 'stealth' version of the Shahed-136, due to it no longer having the iconic buzzing sound which made it easy to identify.
It is still unknown where they bought the mini jet engines or if those are prodocied domestically.
This low tech, low cost drone built on motorcycle engine and modified cellphone electronics, costs less than $4000 to manufacture.
With only 40kg payload and rather low speed, it has a limited range and ability to strike armoured vehicles or buildings. But it's "mirror" like function has turned it to a fearful weapons in a war against Ukraine.
This is not the first time they have made such claims, but it is so far the largest number they have claimed.
In the same post, they also mentioned that 2 new factories have been set up to be able to handle the large number of new orders IRI has received from many different countries (Without mentioning any other names than China).
