...t with incomplete or outdated battlefield information.The response came from a combination of military planners, engineers and university laboratories. Industrial facilities such as the Iranian Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA) in Isfahan, redirected their work toward small unmanned systems that could be built with domestic materials.Engineering teams linked to universities in Isfahan, Shiraz and Tehran began experimenting with modified model aircraft capable of carrying lig...
...rs struggling to gather aerial intelligence. As reconnaissance flights became increasingly risky, Iran explored alternatives to reverse the situation:In the early years of the war, RF-4 Phantom reconnaissance aircraft inherited from the Shah’s air force photographed Iraqi positions. By the mid-1980s, however, that capability had sharply declined. Maintenance shortages and the threat from Iraqi air defenses forced the air force to limit reconnaissance missions. Operational planners were lef...
War Pressure Made #Iran #Drone Powerhouse: History of Iranian Drone ProgramIran’s drone industry emerged from battlefield and #sanctions pressures during the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War. Aircraft losses and spare-parts shortages left Iranian commande...
...nquest, based on false information, is a medieval act in 21st century.Speaking of ending the war, is meaningless, until we ensure there will be no more attacks in our land in the future
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:Defending against invasion is a natural right, in which we are good at.We expect the global community to condemn this invasion and convince invaders to respect international laws.Commencing a war in order to co...
The Iranian military has destroyed several hangars for American fighter jets at two US bases in the Middle East, the IRGC said.Subscribe to RIA Novosti
...ion of nuclear weapons, and deprive Tehran of the opportunity to finance allied armed groups. At the same time, Iran continues to launch strikes and put pressure on global markets by restricting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which has caused oil prices to rise above $100 per barrel. Analysts note that for Tehran, the mere fact of surviving a protracted war could be a victory
...creasingly demanding that Donald Trump explain how and when it will end. However, his statements are constantly changing: first he talks about the imminent end of the conflict, then he calls on #Europe and the Gulf countries to help open the Strait of Hormuz. Many states are not in a hurry to support these plans, and diplomatic channels with Iran have not yielded results yet. Washington states that the aim of the operation is to destroy Iran's missile potential and fleet, prevent the creat...
🇮🇶 A #drone targeted the European Union mission residence room on the seventh floor of the Al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad @SimurghRes
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...s in Italy, the Kremlin said.MEPs could not find #Iran on the world map.Russian athletes performed triumphantly at the Paralympics.A court in #Moscow fined #Telegram 35 million rubles for refusing to remove extremist content.The British army is in decline — there is nothing to fight with, nothing to defend.Israel has announced the start of a ground operation in southern Lebanon.Bitcoin and ether shot up amid the crisis, overtaking gold.The #Trump coalition for the Strait of Hormuz has not ...
LOMOVKA. THE MAIN THING IS BY 22:00Vladimir #Putin held a telephone conversation with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.Vladimir Putin congratulated Alexei Bugaev on his victory in the alpine skiing slalom competition at the Paralympic Game...
Chinese fighter pilots are training to strike at mock-ups of American fifth-generation F-22A Raptor and F-35A Lightning II fighters.#China@new_militarycolumnist
...Canal, deeper than the Suez Canal, and secure from Iranian attack," the 82-year-old Republican politician wrote on the social media site X.Users added context to his post, claiming Gingrich borrowed the idea from a parody open letter posted on the analytical resource ChinaTalk. The letter noted that the author's views do not necessarily reflect the views of "anyone with brains. "
Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Newt Gingrich proposed creating a new canal using thermonuclear bombs as an alternative to the Strait of Hormuz."A dozen thermonuclear explosions, and you'll have a waterway wider than the Panama ...
... it's terrible."Khutor was already offended and said that he, too, was not obligated to protect American bases in the Middle East. But it protects! And Trump is a greedy bastard.
...g" with the Alliance on Ukraine.:"And all this is to protect you. I mean, we're protecting them. We work with them in #Ukraine. Ukraine is thousands of miles away, separated by a vast ocean. We don't have to do this, but we did it. Well, #Biden did it. I have to be honest with you. It's true. Biden was completely fooled. But we worked with them in Ukraine. We don't need to work with them in Ukraine. And then they tell us that we have a mine ship around and they don't want to do it. I think...
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