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| A boy with Iranian leader portrait walks near captured US top-secret RQ-170 Sentinel drone which was put on display in Tehran |
Tehran : Iran has claimed giant advancements in designing and manufacturing drones, including those with assault capabilities, reported by Russian Today.
Iran’s aerospace industry vowed to teach alien drone hunting techniques in schools.
Rear Admiral Gholam Reza Khadem Biqam, Lt Cdr of Iranian Navy, has revealed that dozens of new surveillance and assault UAVs have been delivered to the country’s Navy.
Khadem told Fars News Agency that, “At present, the Navy is in possession of drones in proper sizes and with good range that are used for our intelligence domination in the region,"
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| Iran displays its long range drone capable of air and ground attack |
Iran’s most common homemade UAV is the long-range Sarir (Throne) drone which is capable of carrying high-precision cameras and air-to-air missiles. “These missiles enable Sarir to confront and combat multiple targets, including invading UAVs,” he said.
One more drone named Hazem is set to be introduced on Air Defense Day in September. It will reportedly be produced in short-, mid- and long-range versions, specializing in reconnaissance, air defense, ground assault.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) electronic warfare divisions can sufficiently override an alien drone guidance system by capturing it and forcing a landing on Iranian territory – which Tehran says has already happened.
In December 2011, Iran’s air defense forces captured intact America’s top-secret RQ-170 Sentinel drone. A year later, in December 2012, the IRGC Navy hunted down the American ScanEagle drone, which is “usually launched from large warships.”
Drone hunting might soon become a special course of study in Iranian schools.
“This year, we will witness changes in the contents, teachers and teaching hours of the defensive preparedness lesson," remarked deputy commander of Iran’s Basij Forces, General Ali Fazli, as quoted by FNA.
FNA noted that drone-hunting would become part of a larger “defensive preparedness curriculum” to be taught in both junior and senior schools, for two and three hours every week respectively.