Iran Unveils New Domestically-Built UAV
`This aircraft with its stealth quality can avoid detection by the
enemy,’ Iranian Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said.
MOSCOW, May 10 (RIA Novosti) – Iran has unveiled a radar-evading
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of carrying out both
surveillance and attack missions, the Press TV channel reported on
Thursday.
`This drone has been built by defense industry experts and is
simultaneously capable of surveillance, reconnaissance and missile and
rocket attacks,’ said Iranian Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Ahmad
Vahidi, who attended a ceremony to unveil the aircraft.
`This aircraft with its stealth quality can avoid detection by the
enemy,’ he said.
Press TV gave no exact technical parameters of the aircraft, but said
the two distinguishing features of the new UAV, dubbed Hamaseh, are
`high altitude and long flight range.’
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