Can fly 450 km: a new kamikaze aircraft was tested in Iran (photo)

According to journalists, the Me’raj-532 drone can take off from a vehicle and stay in the air for up to 3 hours. The weight of the UAV warhead is 50 kilograms

Iran has developed a new kamikaze drone that can hit targets up to 450 kilometers away. This was reported by the Iranian edition of “Tasnim News” on April 9 yesterday.

General Ali Kuhistani, head of the IRGC Land Forces Research and Self-sufficiency Jihad Organization, said the new UAV is named Me’raj-532.

The drone, which has a reciprocating engine, can travel 450 kilometers in one direction. The mass of the warhead is 50 kilograms, it can take off from a vehicle and stay in the air for up to 3 hours. The practical flight ceiling is 3,600 meters.

The Me’raj-532 is reportedly mobile and can be assembled and launched quickly and easily.

On March 17, it was learned that the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Army (IRGC) Navy was armed with new fast boats equipped with laser-guided missiles and air defense systems.

On March 15-19, a joint naval exercise between China, Iran and Russia was held in the Gulf of Oman.

Meanwhile, on March 24, Schemes journalists reported that the Ukrainian Motor Sich company, led by Vyacheslav Boguslayev, sold AI-9 and TV3-117 aircraft engines to Iranian military-industrial enterprises under US and EU sanctions.

Source: Focus

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