Iran showcases new combat drone, copied from U.S. unmanned aircraft
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Sat Oct 1, 2016 | 9:42am EDT
Iran showcases new combat drone, copied from U.S. unmanned aircraft
Iran's Revolutionary Guards unveiled a home-built drone that they said was capable of carrying bombs, state media reported on Saturday, in what appeared to be another copy of a reconnaissance U.S. drone that Iran captured five years ago.
The drone, called Saegheh, or lightning, was unveiled at an expo showcasing the latest achievements by the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace arm.
"This long-range drone is capable of hitting four targets with smart precision-guided bombs with high accuracy," the head of the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace arm, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.
The Guards did not demonstrate the drone's abilities and did not say what range it had.
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