Iranian Air Force is planning to increase the amount of home-made long range drones with increased flight duration in the next five years, Sputnik reported today.
"We are also after increasing the flight duration of drones and their armaments and electronic war systems for possible asymmetric wars," Commander of Iranian Air Force (name not provided) was quoted as saying by Sputnik.
Iran has increased the number of drone flights 800 times more than last year. It has made considerable progress in training drone operators and has established drone bases.
The country has already unveiled various domestically produced drones, including Ababil 3, Sadeq 1, Fotros, Hazem, Karrar, Zohal.