Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, an elite military unit) has successfully tested a high-precision, long-range kamikaze drone equipped with a 50-kilogram warhead. It has been reported Tasnim News Agency.
“This unmanned aerial vehicle is one of a series of IRGC Ground Forces kamikaze drones developed and manufactured by junior experts,” said Ali Kuhistani, head of the IRGC Land Forces Research and Self-sufficiency Organization.
According to him, the UAV was called “Meraj-532”, equipped with a piston engine, a one-way flight range of 450 km. Kuhestani emphasized that the UAV is equipped with a 50-kilogram warhead and is capable of flying for three hours at an altitude of about 3,600 meters.
Previously at the Pentagon declarationThat the United States has carried out airstrikes on targets in Syria, which, according to Washington, are affiliated with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
A US contractor was killed and five soldiers and another US contractor were injured in a drone attack on the US-led international counterterrorism coalition’s base in northeastern Syria on March 23, according to the US Department of Defense press service. .
Source: Gazeta
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