Iran's Army uses hundreds of local UAVs in a maneuver
Yusef Jalali
Press TV, Semnan
The Islamic Republic of Iran's Army kicked off a maneuver that put to test hundreds of its domestically-built Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
The two-day drill saw the use of a variety of surveillance and reconnaissance drones, combat drones, bombers and loitering munitions, which are known as suicide drones.
As part of the drill, the Persian Gulf was simulated as the conflict zone, where the Iranian Army's navy used its suicide drones to destroy their targets. The Islamic Republic of Iran's defense industry has been hit by US arms embargoes for four decades. The sanctions have barred Iran from purchasing any foreign weapons even from its closest allies.
However, Iranian officials say the country's defense sector is up and running. The reason is the country has for all these years been developing its own arms based on domestic capabilities. And now, drones are the epitome of Iran's advances in the defense industry.
The Islamic Republic stepped into the field of UAV production around 2011 by reverse engineering American and Israeli drones it electronically commandeered or shot down. Tehran says today, it is self-sufficient in designing, producing and operating a range of UAVs with different applications.
In less than a decade, the term UAV grew from an alien word to a key word in Iran's airspace. Still, Iran's Army says this maneuver is just the tip of the iceberg, and the greater part of Iran's defense capabilities is yet to be publicized.
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