Thunderbolt UCAV
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) employed at least seven unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) to pound ISIS positions in Syria following a ballistic missile strike carried out by the IRGC earlier on October 1. According to the IRGC, UCAVs attacked HQs and gatherings of the “mercenaries of global arrogance”.
The empployed aircraft are most likely Thunderbolt UCAVs produced by Shahed Aviation Industries. The Thunderbolt is based on a US-made RQ-170 UAV, which was reverse-engineered by Iranian specialists.
The Iranian strikes on ISIS targets on Syria were described by the IRGC as a response to the terrorist attack carried out by ISIS in the Iranian city of Ahvaz on September 22.
UCAV strikes:
?به نظر میرسد لااقل یکی از پهپادهایی که سپاه با استفاده از آنها به مقر تروریستها در #سوریه حمله کرده، یکی از انواع صاعقه باشد. pic.twitter.com/EJYE9ZXnOp
— خبرگزاری فارس (@FarsNews_Agency) 1 October 2018
Ballistic missile strike:
??گزارشی از محل شلیک موشکهای #سپاه علیه تروریستها در #سوریه pic.twitter.com/O9aepyr6rm
— خبرگزاری فارس (@FarsNews_Agency) 1 October 2018
