2024-04-15 07:21:41
Nothing is simple in the geopolitical swarm of the Middle East. Iran’s massive attack on Israel this weekend is, at the same time, an unprecedented fact (a direct confrontation between these two historical enemies) and a message against a total escalation that ends in war in the region. A kind of diplomacy with bombs.
The objective of the 320 drones and missiles launched by the Iranian Army is to recover its deterrence capacity, point out the analysts consulted.
The drones Iranian Shahed-136 have already been used by Russia in the offensive against Ukraine.
In Persian, shahed means martyrand this word perfectly describes the function of these drones: they are kamikaze drones. They explode their charge upon impact with the target.
These aircraft are neither technologically leading nor extremely effective. Your engine, noisy as a teenager on a motorcycle is, it is the same as that of a mowerand can reach a speed of up to 180 kilometers per hour. Its explosive charge is light and small, and it has an autonomy of about 2,500 kilometers before impact. Their low technological level also makes them incapable of exploiting moving and difficult objects -as other more advanced drones do, such as the Turkish Bayraktar, which Ukraine used on the battlefield.
But the secret of the Shaheds is another: their precio ridiculous. Each unit is worth about 20.000 euros. “These drones have the great advantage that they are capable of overwhelm anti-aircraft defenses. At the same time you can launch 200 kamikaze drones, you can launch another 10 much more expensive cruise or ballistic or hypersonic missiles. Then, the anti-aircraft defenses will already be confused, and these missiles may be much more effective. Therefore, these drones are not a 100% substitute for ballistic missiles manufactured in Russia, but they completely change the economics of an attack“explains the analyst and conflict expert Guillermo Pulido.
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