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.
Also recorded as Ra'd 85 · Raad-85
Ra'd-85
Hossein Zohrevand · Tasnim News Agency · https: tasnimnews.ir/2697252 · CC BY 4.0
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- unmanned aerial vehicle · loitering munition
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History
History
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.
Specifications
Specifications
• Ceiling: 11000 ft • Top Speed: 250 km/h • Combat radius: 100 km • Avionics: transmitting imagery
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Text attribution
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Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
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- 1.The Arkenstone - ارکنستون: Mohajer UAV. 5 March 2015.
- 2.Wright, Galen. 5 March 2015.
- 3.The Aviationist » Ra'ad 85.
- 4.Iran builds new indigenous UAV dubbed Ra'ad 85.
- 5.Iran's army develops new suicide drone. 28 September 2013.
- 6.Report A Short History of the Iranian Drone Program By Michael Rubin American Enterprise Institute August 26, 2020 https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/a-short-history-of-the-iranian-drone-program/
- 7.ايران, عصر. عصر ايران. Asr-e Iran.
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