RQ-4 Global Hawk
Press TV – Sept 3, 2023
The deputy commander of Iran’s Air Defense Force says the homegrown Karrar target drone has on several occasions warned American spy aircraft and other foreign jets to stay away from Iranian airspace.
Brigadier General Alireza Elhami said on Sunday the jet-powered drone has several times forced foreign manned and unmanned aircraft to change their course over the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Sea of Oman at high altitudes.
“Karrar has warned the US military’s Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft as well as Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely-piloted surveillance aircraft and made them keep their distance from the Iranian airspace by flying at very high altitudes above the intruders,” he said.
The commander said a number of foreign military aircraft wanted to test Iran’s air defense capabilities by changing their cruising altitude, not knowing that Karrar, which relies on a fully homegrown engine, can fly over them.
Elhami also noted that Karrar has been furnished with a sophisticated radar system.
Karrar, developed by Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA), is among the new generation of the Islamic Republic military aerial vehicles configured to intercept enemies’ flying objects.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Elhami underscored that Iranian experts at his unit have developed data acquisition and electronic warfare systems, alongside optical and combat field reconnaissance gear, that are installed on indigenous drones with various flight endurance and applications.
He stated that Iran’s Air Defense Force is the first military unit among the Iranian Armed Forces to have set a service ceiling record by flying a drone at an altitude of 47,000 feet above ground level.
Prior to this achievement, he said, Iranian drones have given either radar or radio warnings to the foreign aircraft that have been approaching Iran’s coastal waters or its flight information region (FIR).
Iranian military experts and engineers have in recent years made remarkable breakthroughs in manufacturing a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient.
Iranian officials have repeatedly underscored that the country will not hesitate to strengthen its military capabilities, including its missile power, which are entirely meant for defense, and that Iran’s defense capabilities will be never subject to negotiations.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has repeatedly called for efforts to maintain and boost Iran’s defense capabilities.
Perhaps a better course of action would be to not “warn off” the aircraft of the toxic Death Star empire prior to them entering Iranian airspace, but instead wait until the aircraft are firmly in Iranian airspace and blow them out of the sky. Then sweep up the shattered, singed pieces from the debris field, place them in boxes, and mail them to Washingstein D(epraved) C(unts) or Hell Aviv along with a burning bag of pig shit.
can we please have carl jones bnaned ?
@freddie biggs
What and miss another one of those ‘thesis’s’ ?
I can’t fathom the reasoning behind putting these presstv articles on this site.do you really believe this third world nation is capable of everything it claims to have achieved?have you seen any other proof of their technological advancements,but these presstv items?have you ever heard of Iran-Contra?this looks like playing the strategy of tension in the me.between da joos and da shites
Like the hollow sheet metal rockets made in da dprk?launched from a ten axle truck 🚛 without any vertical support.better yet, the hindoo space rockets launched for a cent on the dollar all the way to the 🌒moon and then to the sun.
And what about their nukular program? if they are such a technologically advanced band of turban wearing child molesters,then why have they never built an A_bomb.or even harnessed the basics of nuke tech.while other even poorer and dumber nations did?the pakis,the pajeets or the gooks of dprk
Do you know this Khomeini -land is dirt poor?they have no big oil revenues,they export only agricultural products , there’s an embargo.their shekels are worthless.how do they finance these projects? building one drone is easy,building a fleet is another story.
Get Carl Banned, you whining Bitch. Why don’t you F..K C..T, I enjoy what he writes, as well as Chesterton and Yukon and some others on here.
While it appears that a through response would be in order, I think not. I’ll use the time to make a comment under “Is Liberalism’s Collapse Accelerating? instead.
Besides the fact that presstv is a propaganda outlet for da moollahs ,they are also big censors and gatekeepers of truth.i can say so from my own personal experience .many moons ago i had offered them some anti western insights , based on my life long research and experience.i never had any reply , despite the fact that i could have been a valuable poster boy for their creed .this shows their true colours:white and blue
Presstv was not the only shite org. i had approached. none of them had any interest in having an asset in the west.an asset totally enamoured with the shite creed.there goes your illusion.presstv/iran is shit compared to this website when it comes to truthseeking,disseminating truth and above all no censorship or gatekeeping.
I approached all major media outlets in this perfidious nation, begging to be on their team…to no avail.it cost me a lot of writing,time and hope.not to mention the fear one has getting involved in the parapolitics of the mooslim persuasions .only to have my personal details fed back to their western partners in crime.this is iran the greatest ,realest enemy of the west…….
So what happened after the major media declined your services? Did you apply to work for a UK intelligence/covert disinformation unit as an agent provocateur?
I wish i had… alas .i hit rock bottom
I would take that as a comp!iment,as it requires some knowledgeability to be an agent provocateur or desinformatsiya worker.