A photo released by the Iranian Defense Ministry shows President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (right) innaugrating the long-range drone, dubbed Karar, which reportedly can bomb targets at high speed. (AFP/Vahid Reza Alaei)
Posted on 08/22/2010 10:28:43 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country's first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an "ambassador of death" to Iran's enemies.
The 4-meter-long drone aircraft can carry up to four cruise missiles and will have a range of 620 miles (1,000 kilometers), according to a state TV report — not far enough to reach archenemy Israel.
"The jet, as well as being an ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship," said Ahmadinejad at the inauguration ceremony, which fell on the country's national day for its defense industries.
The goal of the aircraft, named Karrar or striker, is to "keep the enemy paralyzed in its bases," he said, adding that the aircraft is for deterrence and defensive purposes.
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A photo released by the Iranian Defense Ministry shows President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (right) innaugrating the long-range drone, dubbed Karar, which reportedly can bomb targets at high speed. (AFP/Vahid Reza Alaei)
looks like something out of Peenemunde
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EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl
EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran Iranian politicians attend a meeting with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not pictured) in Tehran August 18, 2010. The politicians are (from L to R) judiciary chief Sadeq Larijani, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, former judiciary chief Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, head of Iran's Assembly of Experts Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, grandson of Iran's Late Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Hasan Khomeini and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. REUTERS/Khamenei.ir/Handout
Sounds like Hillary’s “Peace In The Middle East” gig is on a roll.
Oh yeah. She’s like a latter day Indiana Jones ,, digging where she shouldn’t be.. besides , Arabs have such a high regard for females opinions.
Nazi V-1
What a coincidence.
OK, who gets the virgins when this thing eventually kills infidels?
afp has this
Ahmadinejad unveils bomber drone
Farhad Pouladi
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100822/wl_afp/iranmilitarydrone_20100822151144
TEHRAN (AFP) – Iranian leaders on Sunday unveiled a bomber drone with a range of up to 1,000 kilometres, touting the Islamic republic’s home-grown capacity to resist attack, state media reported.
Television footage showed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad applauding as a blue cloth covering the drone — called Karar (”Assailant”) — was removed to reveal a short aircraft marked “bomber jet” in military-green.
“This jet, before it heralds death for enemies, is the messenger of salvation and dignity for humanity,” Ahmadinejad said in a speech at the unveiling in a hall at Tehran’s Malek Ashtar university.
Watch your mail for a libel action from the family of Werner von Braun. To the extent that it resembles a Nazi revenge weapon, it looks more like the V-1, which was developed by the Luftwaffe, independent of the Heer's facility in Peenemunde.
I thought it looks like something out of a Buck Rogers short feature, myself.
Gotta love the cardboard clouds propped-up in the foreground.
If they setup in Syria or possibly Iraqi territory then its in_range to Israel.
Israeli skeet target practice.
It looks more like the BV246.
On the bright side, these are very easy to shoot down. RAF pilots did it routinely during WW II.
It is a Snark. Easily shot down that’s why President Kennedy ordered them retired in 1961!
Re the resemblance to a V-1; that’s exactly what I thought when we saw it on TV. The Nazis could sue for patent infringement were they still in power.
Then again the dreaded “SCUD” missile of Sadam Insane’s day was little more than a souped-up V-2. From what I gather the SAHIB series is just a little further souped, with, unfortunately, better guidance systems (thanks to traitor Slick Willie, probably).
How much of this allegedly “indigenous” Iraqi arms technology is really coming from Iran vs. China and/or Russia, I wonder?
As near as I can tell, Afghanistan is little more than another of a long line of proxy wars between the Sino-Soviet Axis and the US. A continuation of this conflict may well extend into Israel in the very near future.
Now that the Chicoms have us economically on the ropes, it seems that they may be about ready to abandon the preliminary “proxy” technique and go directly for the kill. They have been very effectively setting us up for it from within and without since about 1950, as near as I can tell, and for the most part we’ve been playing right along like the patsies our government apparently is.
Anyway... It will be interesting to see how quickly the IDFAF can detect and neutralize these contraptions should they ever be inbound to Israel.
We may not have to wait much longer, methinks.
Too bad if something like that accidentally took out Iran’s refineries and the moon rock in Mecca during testing.
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