TEHRAN -- Iran has developed an advanced long-range suicide drone “designed to hit Israel’s Tel Aviv, Haifa”, Iran’s ground forces chief says said.

The drone, named Arash-2, is a newer

version of Arash-1, Brigadier General Kiomars Heidari told IRIB TV1 tele- vision channel during an interview broadcast late Sunday.

The new drone enjoys unique speci- fications and capabilities, and can suc- cessfully retrieve information multiple

times before it strikes and destroys the designated target, Heidari explained. “The drone has been specifically de- signed to target Haifa and Tel Aviv,” he said, hailing it as a “peerless” aerial vehicle.

It has already been added to the Ira- nian army’s inventory, and its capabili- ties will be showcased during future military exercises, Heidari added.

The general went on to say that his force, from the military perspective, is the largest, most equipped, and most

diverse armed force of the country in terms of technology and hardware.

Heidari said that the ground force is the most unrivaled compared to simi- lar forces in the region given its aerial combat and offensive power and be- cause it has the largest fleet of military helicopters.

His force has undergone changes in terms of organization and structure and has remarkably improved in order to be highly versatile, strategic, integral, fully mobile, and offensive, he added.

Arash-1 drone is a kamikaze and

radar-evading unmanned aerial ve- hicle first launched during the Iranian Army’s massive drone exercises in January 2019 from a portable launcher installed on the Makran coast in the southeastern part of the country.

It flew a distance of more than 1,400 kilometers (869 miles) before it hit the designated target in the central Iranian province of Semnan.

Arash-1 drone is said to be approxi- mately 4.5 meters long, and its wing- span is estimated to be measuring be- tween 3.5 and 4 meters.

The drone’s wing is of the delta type and has been designed for high speeds. Its design, therefore, enables the air- craft to conserve its fuel for greater endurance and flying longer distances. Last week, the ground force test-fired a domestically-developed strategic sur- face-to-surface missile (SSM), which hit the designated target with pinpoint precision.

An Arash-1 drone is launched during military exercises in Iran.

The Fatih (Conquest) 360 was launched in the second stage of Eqte-

TEHRAN -- Iran has developed an advanced long-range suicide drone “designed to hit Israel’s Tel Aviv, Haifa”, Iran’s ground forces chief says said.

The drone, named Arash-2, is a newer

version of Arash-1, Brigadier General Kiomars Heidari told IRIB TV1 tele- vision channel during an interview broadcast late Sunday.

The new drone enjoys unique speci- fications and capabilities, and can suc- cessfully retrieve information multiple

times before it strikes and destroys the designated target, Heidari explained. “The drone has been specifically de- signed to target Haifa and Tel Aviv,” he said, hailing it as a “peerless” aerial vehicle.

It has already been added to the Ira- nian army’s inventory, and its capabili- ties will be showcased during future military exercises, Heidari added.

The general went on to say that his force, from the military perspective, is the largest, most equipped, and most

diverse armed force of the country in terms of technology and hardware.

Heidari said that the ground force is the most unrivaled compared to simi- lar forces in the region given its aerial combat and offensive power and be- cause it has the largest fleet of military helicopters.

His force has undergone changes in terms of organization and structure and has remarkably improved in order to be highly versatile, strategic, integral, fully mobile, and offensive, he added.

dar 1401 drills held in central Nasrabad region.

The missile can hit strategic targets at the speed of 3,704 kilometers per hour, and its velocity can be increased to some 5,000 km/h while communicat- ing with satellites for quick navigation and fast strikes against enemy targets. It has enormous destructive power, enjoys high pinpoint accuracy, is fired from a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), and locks onto the target im- mediately after its blast-off.