Iran State TV Shows Footage of Images Supposedly Taken From Drone It Captured in 2011.
An Iranian aviation engineer has claimed to have built the world’s “first missile-evading drone with a self-destructive capability for dangerous situations”, according to a report from Tehran.
“Given the daily progress of drones as well as the increased missile power to destroy them, a missile-evading drone was designed and built for the first time in the world which can escape thermal and air-to-air missiles and no missile can approach the drone any closer than 250 meters,” Hassan Akbari Layeq who has built the ‘Sarallah Drone’ told FNA on Sunday.
He reiterated that the drone is equipped with a “deceptive system and can speed up and escape incoming missiles, “And this is the first time that this technology has been designed and used for a 4-kilogram drone.” 4 kilograms equals about 8.81849 pounds.
Akbari Layeq explained that in case of any technical glitches or problems during flight, the drone can use what he called “a safety system and land in a safe place within 40 minutes” and if the place, say for example ” is unknown to the drone, it will automatically self destruct certain internal parts and destroy them.”
He said that the drone can fly “at 160km per hour with a 40-minute flight duration” if “the safety system is on or have a non-stop flight for one hour without the safety system.” 160 km/h is about 100 mph. “This is pretty damn good for a drone aircraft”, said Tom A of Phoenix an expert on drone and drone technology who agreed to talk with us about Iran’s drone technology on the condition that we not release his last name.
He said it ” this may be the first drone in the world, besides the US( that he is aware of ) with such missile evading capabilities and self destruct capabilities.”
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