{"id":284276,"date":"2024-03-25T08:23:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T08:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=284276"},"modified":"2024-03-27T08:57:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T08:57:02","slug":"irans-gaza-drone-stuns-intl-market-as-defense-industry-making-strides-us-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=284276","title":{"rendered":"Iran’s ‘Gaza’ drone stuns intl. market as defense industry making strides: US media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press TV \u2013 March 24, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Iran has significantly rolled out its defense products in international market, with\u00a0an American newspaper saying that the country’s defense industry is \u201cgoing mainstream\u201d at an international arms fair in Qatar with the new flagship advanced product\u00a0called Gaza drone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday that a model of the Gaza combat drone was exhibited at the Doha fair \u2014 the first display of the unmanned aerial vehicle outside Iran.<\/p>\n

With a range of 1,243 miles, a 68-foot wingspan, and a satellite link, the Gaza drone can carry 13 precision-guided bombs, the report said, adding that the unmanned aircraft\u00a0represents \u201ca stepped-up threat to US interests and allies.\u00a0\u201c<\/p>\n

It described the Iranian drone as a rival for the US-made General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut in Doha, there was no doubt that Iran\u2019s defense industry is going mainstream,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n

At the Iranian display in Doha, glossy brochures introduced a dozen home-made products, including air-defense missiles and space-rocket launchers, and flyers promoted new anti-ship cruise missiles and radar systems.<\/p>\n

One leaflet described Iran\u2019s assault rifles as the best suited \u201cfor guerrilla warfare in all climate conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since the expiration of a 13-year UN arms embargo in October, Iran has increasingly\u00a0sold its defense products\u00a0on the international market.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Deputy Defense Minister Mahdi Farahi said in November that the country sold about $1 billion in weapons from March 2022 to March 2023, three times as much as the previous year.<\/p>\n

Representatives from Qatar\u2019s state defense contractor Barzan Holdings took a look at Iranian-manufactured assault rifles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very impressed by their medium-range missile technologies,\u201d said a senior Qatar Air Force officer at the Iran booth.<\/p>\n

The report said that Washington had contacted Qatar, home to the biggest US military base in the region, about Iran\u2019s presence at the show.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Iranian officials have underscored that the country will not hesitate to strengthen its military capabilities, which are entirely meant for defense and deterrence, and that Iran\u2019s defense capabilities will be never open to negotiations.<\/p>\n

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has on several occasions called for efforts to boost Iran\u2019s defense capabilities.<\/p>\n

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Iranian drone on display at an international arms fair in Doha with the Wall Street Journal describing it as a rival for the US-made MQ-9A Reaper and a \u201ca stepped-up threat to US interests and allies. \u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=284276"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284348,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284276\/revisions\/284348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=284276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=284276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=284276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}