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Qods Raad 85

The Raad 85 (Thunder 85) (Also R'ad 85, Ra'ad 85, etc) is an Iranian one-way attack drone developed in the 2010s. It was designed by the Iranian Army's Research and Self-sufficiency Jihad Organization in cooperation with Qods Aviation for the Iranian Army Ground Force. It is an unmanned "suicide drone" that is remotely guided to its target by a human operator. It is designed to be operated in an electronic warfare environment.

General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan of the Iranian Armed Forces has stated, "This drone is like a mobile bomb, and is capable of destroying fixed and mobile targets."

In 2015, five Ra’ad-85 drones were used to strike an Ahrar Al-Sham military base in Syria’s Idlib province, as part of the Syrian Civil War.

Specifications

Ceiling: 11000&nbsp;ft<br> Top Speed: 250&nbsp;km/h<br> Combat radius: 100&nbsp;km<br> Avionics: transmitting imagery

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