OK, the USA and Israel have drones, and now its time to pee our pants if Iran has some.
But the first thing to say is that drones are so effective in Afghanistan because the technology challenged Taliban has no means of seeing them even when they are flying overhead. But would such a drone be equally effective against a technological nation that have radar systems that would see them coming from hundreds of miles away? Even before they got to any sector patrol assignment for said drone.
But if the Taliban could even get a hold of one WW2 era fighter type plane equipped with radar and machine guns, it could probably have a field day shooting down US drones by the dozens. But then again maybe not, if the drones started carrying antiaircraft missiles. I am maybe military technology drone ignorant about drone technology and its limitations. But point being, using drones against a nation that can detect them and shoot them down is a fools game.
But wait, these Iranian drones are jet powered, able to fly much faster than any prop plane but way slower than a decent piloted jet fighter. Nor does the link mention that much about the expensive sensor capacity of these Iranian drones.
But it looks like they would be useless as offensive weapons, but maybe Ideal for Iranian domestic use against low tech guerrilla fighters who flit across international borders to do hit and run raids against Iran. Given their speed, just one drone could patrol a long sector of the Iranian border.
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