The long-range Shahed drone has become known as the “AK-47” of Tehran: mass-produced and ready to be exported worldwide to conflict zones.
Videos posted online tracked them above the Iranian cities of Kermanshah, Khozestan and Andimeshk. And before long they were filmed over the border in Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah and the city of Karbala.
Their lawnmower-like whirr is already very familiar for Ukrainians who are constantly under attack from Iranian-made drones launched by Russia. A Shahed-136 drone was, according to US officials, used in the notorious July 2021 drone attack by Iran on the Mercer Street vessel in the Red Sea, which killed a Romanian sailor and a British security guard.
If Iran’s goal is to overwhelm Israeli air defences, it may have launched the comparatively slow drones well in advance of the missiles, in an attempt to ensure the weapons reach Israel at around the same time.
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