Naveed
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Security Policy Analyst. Journalist. Academic. Thomas Jefferson Fellow [Globalization] 2000 [. . . in the trenches . . .]
Lindsey Graham joins Dick Cheney and Ali Khamenei. The trio walks into a bar. And the roof collapses.
“Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive But to be young was very heaven.” ― William Wordsworth, The Prelude
"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering." Friedrich Nietsche
Let's see how Trump flips this adverse verdict in the mid-term election campaign.
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The menace of USSR - Soviet Union - vanished before Die Drone Antiradar could be fielded. Germany reunited and defence priorities changed. During its war with Iraq, blackmarket smuggled copies of DAR to Iran. Hence, Shaheds 131/6 et al were reverse-engineered, deployed and sold.
Given rapid advancements in technology globally and sanctions on Iran, IRGCs exaggerated drone fleet has shrunken to a nuisance instead of a sophisticated potent weapon.
The most advanced, deployed iteration of the German DAR is Geran-3 - 3.5m long, 3-m wingspan, max flight alitutde about 30,000 feet, 2 hour flight time and payload 250kg under jet power to hit with 2,000 km.
Die Drohne Antiradar was copied during 2000s and 2010s in Iran where it was named Shahed (131 and 136).
DAR was powered by a Fichtel & Sachs SF2-360 two-cylinder two-stroke boxer engine, used in automotive applications. For navigation, the drone was equipped with a GPS-Navstar receiver, a remarkably advanced feature for the 1980s that allowed for precise positioning.
Only the Global South could resonate with this once. Good morning to the late risers. #TheEconomist
"Do not lose your wanderlust. There is no problem in the world that cannot be cured by a walk." Rousseau in Kierkegard's Papirer 47