More About Iran’s Karrar in Video

This television report from last summer visits the Karrar (“Assailant”) factory and shows the high-speed unmanned aircraft in flight. We are then treated to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad haranguing the assembled dignitaries: “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.

State television said that the unmanned aircraft was built to “carry and fire four stealth cruise missiles… and, depending on the mission, it can carry two bombs of 250 pounds (115 kilos) each or a precision missile of 500 pounds (230 kilos).”

The Fars News Agency quoted Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi as saying that the aircraft had a range of up to 1,000 kilometres (620 miles).

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