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The Raad 85 (Thunder 85) (Also R'ad 85, Ra'ad 85, etc) is an Iranian loitering munition developed in the 2010s. It was designed by the Iranian Army's Research and Self-sufficiency Jihad Organization in cooperation with Qods Aviation for the Iranian Army Ground Force. It is an unmanned "suicide drone" that is remotely guided to its target by a human operator. It is designed to be operated in an electronic warfare environment.

General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan of the Iranian Armed Forces has stated, "This drone is like a mobile bomb, and is capable of destroying fixed and mobile targets."

In 2015, five Ra’ad-85 drones were used to strike an Ahrar Al-Sham military base in Syria’s Idlib province, as part of the Syrian Civil War.

Specifications

Ceiling: 11000 ft
Top Speed: 250 km/h
Combat radius: 100 km
Avionics: transmitting imagery

References

1. "The Arkenstone - ارکنستون: Mohajer UAV". 5 March 2015.
2. Wright, Galen (5 March 2015). The Arkenstone - ارکنستون: Mohajer UAV.
3. "The Aviationist » Ra'ad 85". Retrieved 13 November 2014.
4. "Iran builds new indigenous UAV dubbed Ra'ad 85". Retrieved 13 November 2014.
5. "Iran's army develops new suicide drone". 28 September 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
6. Report A Short History of the Iranian Drone Program By Michael Rubin American Enterprise Institute August 26, 2020 https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/a-short-history-of-the-iranian-drone-program/
7. ايران, عصر. پرونده ای برای هواپیماهای بدون سرنشین ایران. عصر ايران (in Persian). Asr-e Iran.

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