Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Iran Unveils Domestically Made Drone aAircraft

              
A description of the Iranian-made drone is similar to the US drone which crashed in Iranian territory last year.
Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace head, said that Iranian scientists had designed the drone

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have unveiled a home-built long-range drone capable of reaching most of the Middle East, including the Islamic state's primary regional enemy Israel, state television has reported.
The reconnaissance drone, named Shahed 129, has a range of 2,000 km and is capable of carrying bombs and missiles, state television said.
Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace arm, spoke during an interview on Tuesday on Iran's state TV.

Hajizadeh said that Iranian scientists designed and developed the drone.

His description of the aircraft was similar to that of the United States' RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, one of which went down in Iranian territory last year.
Israel has threatened action against Iran's nuclear sites, raising speculation about a possible military strike ahead of the US presidential election in November.
Israel has criticised US President Barack Obama's position that international sanctions on Iran and diplomacy should be given more time to stop Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons, saying its atomic activity is peaceful, aimed at generating electricity.
Hajizadeh was quoted on Sunday as saying Iran might launch a pre-emptive strike on Israel if it was sure that country was about to attack.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaking in New York on Monday, said Israel had no roots in the Middle East and would be "eliminated".
Iran has in recent days announced defence and engineering developments, including a domestically made anti-aircraft system, but some analysts are sceptical as to the reliability of the reports.
Israel bombed an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981 and launched a similar strike against Syria in 2007. Israel is believed to have the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal, although it refuses to disclose any capability.

Posted By: Maximilian Castelli
Source: AlJazeera
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 26, 2012 at 7:09 PM

    This just proves how intense the situation with Israel and Iran is. If Iran is designing and building drones that can bomb Israel and Israel has threaten to attack Iran's nuclear sites ,this stressful situation seems like just the beginning of what seems to be a start of a full out war between these two states. Its just who is going to make the first move and how is the U.S. going to come at this issue diplomatically or with military force. (Sara K.)

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  2. UnknownSeptember 27, 2012 at 4:53 AM

    This could also be the start of the end for our long advatage in warfare we have had in the middle east. We use drones in a great many strikes against terrorist sites. But now if iran gets their hand on the tech, they could start selling that same tech to the people we are fighting against, virtually using our own weapons against us.
    -Maximilian Castelli

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  3. UnknownSeptember 27, 2012 at 11:56 AM

    Now is not the time for America to back out from Israel and the Middle East. If Iran is attaining these weapons and threatens to attack our ally we should support Israel and protect them against Iranian forces and take action if needed.
    -Matthew Cypher

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  4. UnknownSeptember 27, 2012 at 5:54 PM

    now that Iran is manufacturing drones, conflict can only rise between israel and Iran. this means iran can now spy on israel and provoke them more.

    zach J

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