Iran’s drones, missiles in terrorists’ hands

Islam Mohamed                                        

Iranian drones and missiles have become a terrifying concern in the Middle East due to their presence in different countries.

The same drones and missiles are also in the hands of terrorist elements in many places.

Sectarian militias across the region depend on these arms to advance their cause, which jeopardizes the security of regional states.

Limited war

Syria, Iraq and Lebanon are becoming confrontation arenas between Iran and its proxy militias, on one hand, and Israel and the US, on the other.

Iraqi forces have found recently an anti-aircraft missile in the southern Iraqi desert.

Photos of the missiles were posted to social media websites, as if the people who put them in the desert wanted to deliver a message about the presence of these missiles in the hands of the pro-Iran militias.

The same photos also stand as an ultimatum to regional states.

Drones have become an important card in modern warfare because they are cheap and difficult to track.

The Iranians used drones in attacking a refinery of the Saudi petroleum company, Aramco, in 2019.

Iran makes also great efforts to develop drones. However, the leaders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corpse and Iran’s media have provided contradictory accounts about the progress made in this regard.

Former commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Guard Corpse, Hossein Salami, said in 2011 that his country was the second country in the world to acquire drone technology.

Deputy Defense Minister for Research and Industrial Affairs, Mohammad Eslami, said in 2013 that Iran was among the top five countries in the field of drone technology.

In 2014, a state-run newspaper published a report about Iran’s ranking in drone manufacturing.

It said Iran was the world’s third largest producer of drones equipped with missiles.