Baku – APA. Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has unveiled the recently-manufactured combat unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called Saeqeh, APA reported citing Press TV.
The drone was put on show on Saturday at an expo showcasing the latest achievements by the IRGC’s Aerospace Division in the UAV industry.
Saeqeh is a long-range drone capable of carrying four smart and precision-guided bombs. It can strike targets with high precision.
It is one of the Simorq family drones, which is the Iranian version of the US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft.
Iran downed a US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft with minimal damage. The drone was flying over the Iranian city of Kashmar, near the Afghan border, when it was brought down.
Almost three years later, the Islamic Republic produced its version of the RQ-170 drone.