TEHRAN, Sept. 16ย (UPI) — Iran’s military announced in Tehran Sunday it has reached itsย goal of developing a drone aircraft that can fly for 24 hours and carryย missiles
Major Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of the Islamicย Revolution Guards Corps, said the new unmanned Shahed 129 has a vast rangeย because it can fly non-stop for 24 hours, the FARS news agency reported.
Iran first successfully tested a homemade radar-evadingย drone with bombing capabilities in June 2009, which was unveiled in a Tehranย ceremony in August 2010 by President Mahmoudย Ahmadinejad.
In March, the military announced success with a smallerย drone called the Shaparak for use in border patrols. It can fly for 3.5 hours,ย has a range of 30 miles and a maximum altitude of 15,000 feet, the reportย said.
