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HESA Shahed-136


Loitering Munition Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)


Iran | 2021



"The HESA Shahed-136 loitering munition from Iran is developed around the concept of a swarming drone with multiple instances being launched during an attack."

Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one aircraft design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for the HESA Shahed-136 Loitering Munition Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).
1 x Conventional engine driving two-bladed propeller unit at rear of fuselage in pusher arrangement; RATO-assisted take-off.
Propulsion
1,243 miles
2,000 km | 1,080 nm
Operational Range
Structure
The nose-to-tail, wingtip-to-wingtip physical qualities of the HESA Shahed-136 Loitering Munition Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).
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(UNMANNED)
Crew
Armament
Available supported armament and special-mission equipment featured in the design of the HESA Shahed-136 Loitering Munition Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) .
1 x Explosive (impact-detonated) warhead of unknown mass / composition.
Variants
Notable series variants as part of the HESA Shahed-136 family line.
Shahed-136 - Base Series Name.
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Shahed-136 is a modern "swarming" drone developed by Iranian industry. At its core, it is a loitering munition designed to neutralized ground targets at range. With multiple instances being launched from an awaiting launcher rack (in stacks of five on down), the aircraft is intended to bypass aerial defenses and overwhelm ground targets, the systems being consumed in the attack run. The drone was revealed through released footage during December of 2021.

To date (2022), the system is believed to have been actively deployed to Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen at some point.

The aircraft is given a broad-area, delta-wing planform with stabilizing rudders at the tips. The fuselage is centralized and blended into the wing members to produce an elegant shape. The nose section contains the warhead as well as the needed optics for a precision attack. The engine is seated at the rear of the fuselage and drives a two-bladed propeller in "pusher" arrangement.

The aircraft are launched near-horizontally with a slight upward angle and aided into the first phase of their flight by way of Rocket-Assisted Take-Off (RATO). The rocket is jettisoned immediately after launch at which point the drone's own conventional engine unit takes over. The overall inherent portability of the launcher rack and drone collection allows the complete unit to be fitted over the rear of most any military or commercial market truck - allowing for mobile "hit-and-run" operations which can frustrate counter actions.

If any amount of accuracy and range are present in this new Iranian design, the Shahed-136 stands as something of an evolutionary addition for the sanctions-hit country that can now rely more heavily on its own military-industrial capacity to provide modern, over-battlefield solutions.

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September 2022 - Photographic evidence of the remains of a Russian-operated Iranian HESA Shahed-136 loitering munition have emerged in the Russo-Ukrainian War. The specimen was mostly destroyed.

Operators
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Total Production: 100 Units

Contractor(s): Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Company (HESA) - Iran
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