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| Iranian 'Rocket 358' destroys an American MQ-9 Reaper drone |
| 2024-01-21 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin: [ColonelCassad] The American MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance and attack drone was very likely shot down in Iraq by an advanced Iranian missile known as the 358 Missile. It was formally launched by local Iranian proxies. A distinctive feature of Rocket 358 is its compactness, which allows it to be launched by a small crew from a mobile platform like a pickup truck. Using micro-turbojet engines, the rocket is thrown to the required height, after which the main engines are turned on and it begins to move towards the target. The missile can remain in the air for a long time and represent both a loitering munition (which has already been tested in combat conditions in Idlib, where Iran used it to destroy a fuel depot and in Afghanistan, where it hit a CIA air command post), and as a means Air defense, destroying helicopters, large and medium UAVs, attack aircraft and careless aircraft that do not expect that in the absence of active air defense systems, they can throw a missile from the ground at supersonic speed of 8 km (which is significantly higher than the standard ceiling of modern MANPADS), and then on main engines at a lower speed up to 12 km (in any case, these are the parameters stated for it) with a range of up to 100 km. The appearance of this missile in service with Iranian proxies in Iraq creates additional problems for the United States. The same missile is already in service with Hezbollah in Lebanon - at least 1 Israeli Hermes drone was hit by this missile. Today, this is one of the most dangerous Iranian anti-aircraft weapons, which can be supplied to various irregular formations in various theaters of operations. In general, this product is a dangerous means of asymmetric warfare. |
| Posted by:badanov |