Since making its debut in the Russian-Ukrainian War on September 13, the Iranian-supplied Shahed 136 delta wing drone has taken on a growing responsibility for strikes on Ukrainian targets as large scale deliveries by Iranian military affiliated aircraft continue. Most recently the aircraft have played a major role in strikes on targets in the city of Odessa, including a successful attack on the headquarters of a Ukrainian naval facility, with the numbers observed leading analysts to conclude that the quantities now in Russian service have grown considerably. Named the Geranium 2 in Russian service, the Shahed 136 is particularly prized for their anti radiation capabilities which are useful for air defence suppression, and home in on emissions from enemy ground based radars while having sufficient range to strike deep into Ukraine. The majority of strikes, however, appear to be on other kinds of military targets. The greater vulnerability of Ukrainian assets to the aircraft is expected to have a potentially significant psychological impact, with Russian combat jets aside from its Tu-22M bombers having played relatively limited roles.
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In case you may be wondering how Iran was able to design and build an advanced drone, let me refresh your memory from December 2011:
Downed US drone: How Iran caught the ‘beast’
Iran’s apparent capture of a largely intact RQ-170 Sentinel spy drone, which was reportedly monitoring Iran’s nuclear program, is a significant loss for the US.
Ukraine can thank the Obama administration for Iran’s successful reverse engineering of this captured drone. I wonder if the Big Guy got his 10% cut for this “delivery” to Iran.
David DeGerolamo
Send one of those drones over to israel and monitor their nuclear program.
Seems israel’s nuclear program has not been inspected as all others
with nuclear weapons complied. JFK demanded inspections.
how they got that drone, it was the sodomite in chief Obama who made sure they got it by using our treasonous naval officers. How much cash was kicked back to that sodomite pig and in what offshore account is the money. maybe Dubai, HMM?
If anybody finds themselves in a situation like in the video, take cover. All that anti air fire has to come down somewhere. Didn’t hear any sirens. In this country most people will run outside and try to film it on their phones.