Ra'd-85
Illustration — Raad 85 The Raad 85 (Thunder 85) (Also R'ad 85, Ra'ad 85, etc) is an Iranian one-way attack drone developed in the 2010s.
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Ra'd-85
Hossein Zohrevand · Tasnim News Agency · https: tasnimnews.ir/2697252 · CC BY 4.0
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Illustration — Raad 85 The Raad 85 (Thunder 85) (Also R'ad 85, Ra'ad 85, etc) is an Iranian one-way attack drone developed in the 2010s.
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It was designed by the Iranian Army's Research and Self-sufficiency Jihad Organization in cooperation with Qods Aviation for the Iranian Army Ground Force. It is an unmanned "suicide drone" that is remotely guided to its target by a human operator. It is designed to be operated in an electronic warfare environment. General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan of the Iranian Armed Forces has stated, "This drone is like a mobile bomb, and is capable of destroying fixed and mobile targets." In 2015, five Ra’ad-85 drones were used to strike an Ahrar Al-Sham military base in Syria’s Idlib province, as part of the Syrian Civil War.
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Specifications
• Ceiling: 11000 ft • Top Speed: 250 km/h • Combat radius: 100 km • Avionics: transmitting imagery
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