Iran’s army tests suicide drone in drills
TEHRAN — Iran’s army has deployed a suicide drone for the first time in massive ongoing military drills near the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.
In this picture released by Jamejam Online on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014, an Iranian made drone is launched during a military drill in Jask port, southern Iran. Iran's national army has begun a massive military drill near the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Persian Gulf, state TV reported on Thursday. Photo: AP
TEHRAN — Iran’s army has deployed a suicide drone for the first time in massive ongoing military drills near the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.
General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan, the army’s chief commander of ground forces, is quoted by Iranian state media today as calling the unmanned aircraft “a mobile bomb”.
The drone, named Yasir according to one Iranian newspaper, has been designed to plunge into aerial and ground targets, as well as ships.
The six-day military exercise is being carried out over 527,000sqkm in the northern part of the Indian Ocean, Sea of Oman and the eastern part of the Persian Gulf, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil supply passes. AP
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