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Geran-2 (which is Russian licenced Shahed drone) also carries air-to-air missile, so sending slow archaic manned airframe is just suicide mission (aka shaheed)
by bijowo1676 7mo ago
Geran-2 (which is Russian licenced Shahed drone) also carries air-to-air missile, so sending slow archaic manned airframe is just suicide mission (aka shaheed)
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/russia-used-shahed-drone-armed-with-r-60-air-to-air-missile-for-second-time/ https://militarnyi.com/en/news/russia-used-shahed-drone-arme...
- chithanh 7mo agoThat is not a Shahed drone, that is a Geran-2 drone. Which is similar from the outside but not the same. Also Iran doesn't have stock of R-60s I think.
- angry_octet 7mo agoThere's also no possibility that a Geran would be able to engage an A-10. It doesn't have a RADAR, it is much slower and less manoeuvrable.
- bijowo1676 7mo agoradar is not required for A2A missiles with infrared seekers, like the R60
- angry_octet 7mo agoWell, bijowo1676, you need a RADAR to find the target before you shoot at it. An IRST can be used, or an off board track, but that is a an expensive and limited capability technique, and usually used to augment a RADAR, not replace it. The missile IR seeker has a narrow FOV.