The drone has reportedly been used by the Houthis in the Yemeni Civil War during 2020. Various colloquial terms have been used for these munitions such as " mopeds" or " lawnmowers", alluding to the loud sound of their engine in flight, and " doritos" in reference to their delta-winged silhouette. intelligence agencies were briefing that Russia and Iran had agreed to the Russian manufacture of the munition, with Iran exporting key components. On 19 November 2022, The Washington Post reported that U.S. No cameras or short-range sensors were noted. Geran-2 has labeling and paint color matching Russian rather than Iranian munitions. civilian grade GPS, seemingly improving its loitering munition capability. A The Times of Israel correspondent notes that the Iranian navigation system made from civilian components has been replaced with a Russian manufactured flight control unit and microprocessors, using the Russian GLONASS GNSS system rather than U.S. The Washington Post reported an expert on Russian military systems at the CNA Strategy, Policy, Plans and Programs Center suggesting that the Geran-2 may use additional steering methods compared to the standard Iranian Shahed 136. Geran-2 is the name of the munition in Russian service. See also: Iran and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine The Shahed 131 has a simple inertial navigation system (INS) and a GPS with some electronic warfare protection, which the Shahed 136 may also have. It is visually similar to the smaller Shahed 131, differing mainly by its wingtip stabilisers extending up and down rather than only up on the Shahed 131. Per The Jewish Chronicle report dual-use technologies through British universities are used in development. Inspection of captured drones used by Russia during 2022 year Ukraine invasion revealed that some Shahed-136 electronics were manufactured from foreign made components, such as a Texas Instruments TMS320 processor, a Polish made fuel pump on behalf of UK-based company TI Fluid Systems and a voltage converter from China. Electronicsĭespite no markings, experts believe the munition uses a computer processor manufactured by the American company Altera, RF modules by Analog Devices and LDO chips by Microchip Technology. The rocket is jettisoned immediately after launch, whereupon the drone's conventional Iranian-made Mado MD-550 four-cylinder piston engine (possibly a reverse-engineered German Limbach L550E, also used in other Iranian drones such as the Ababil-3 ) takes over. The aircraft is launched at a slight upward angle and is assisted in initial flight by rocket launch assistance ( RATO). Deploymentīecause of the portability of the launch frame and drone assembly, the entire unit can be mounted on the back of any military or commercial truck. Army unclassified worldwide equipment guide states that the Shahed 136 design could support an aerial reconnaissance option although no cameras were noted in the Geran-2 drone. The munition is 3.5 metres (11 ft) long with a wingspan of 2.5 metres (8.2 ft), flies at over 185 kilometres per hour (115 mph), and weighs about 200 kilograms (440 lb). The engine sits in the rear of the fuselage and drives a two-bladed propeller in a "pusher" arrangement. The nose section contains a warhead estimated to weigh 30–50 kilograms (66–110 lb). The aircraft has a cropped delta-wing shape, with a central fuselage blending into the wings and stabilizing rudders at the tips. The first public footage of the drone were released in December 2021. The munition is designed to attack ground targets from a distance, fired in multiples from a launch rack (in batches of five upwards) to overwhelm air defenses by consuming their resources during the attack. It is designed and manufactured by Shahed Aviation Industries. The HESA Shahed 136 ( Persian: شاهد ۱۳۶, literally " Witness-136"), or Geran-2 ( Russian: Герань-2, literally " Geranium-2") in Russian service, is an Iranian loitering munition in the form of an autonomous pusher-prop drone.
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