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Amid rising tensions in the Middle East, Iran presented the superheavy Jihad ballistic missile and the newest Shahed-136B drone, an analog of the American MQ–9 Reaper or RQ-4 Globe Hawk UAV, at a military parade. Unlike the mentioned drones manufactured by the United States, their Iranian counterpart is designed for one-way flights, that is, it is a powerful kamikaze drone.
This is reported by a number of Iranian media.
The new Iranian-made UAV is an upgraded version of the Shahed-136 drone, with enhanced functionality and longer range. It reaches four thousand kilometers.
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The strategic precision-guided ballistic missile Jihad with an "extremely heavy" combat capability has a range of up to one thousand kilometers. It is powered by solid fuels and was created by the aerospace division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Today's military parade in Tehran is dedicated to the 44th anniversary of the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war. This day opens the "Holy Week of Defense" in the Islamic Republic. The event was attended by the President of the country, Masoud Pezeshkian.
- said the head of state.
The parade is taking place against the backdrop of the worsening situation in the Middle East and Iran's accusations of providing military assistance to Russia. The West claims that Tehran allegedly supplies Moscow with missiles and drones, which our military uses in the area of its military operations. Iran and Russia categorically deny these accusations.
