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Add Iranian Arash Loitering Munition #1812

Closed bostonmyk closed 1 year ago

bostonmyk commented 2 years ago

DB Selector

DB3K

Baseline

3271

Hypothetical

No

Name

Arash [Kian]

Length (m)

4.5m

Width/Span (m)

3.5m

Diameter (m)

.75

Weight (kg)

50kg (guesstimate)

Range (nm)

540 nm

Target Altitude / Depth (ft)

No response

Target Speed (kts)

No response

Launch Altitude / Depth (ft)

No response

LaunchSpeed (kts)

No response

Warhead

Unknown but 23kg warhead fine (payload is spec'd at 30kg)

Targets

Surface Vessel, Land Structure - Soft, Land Structure - Hardened, Mobile Target - Soft, Mobile Target - Hardened, Mobile Target - Personnel

CEP (m)

4m

Sensors

EO Seeker

Weapon Codes

Loiter Capability, Bearing-Only Launch (BOL), Weapon - INS Navigation, Re-Attack Capability, Weapon Altitude Control Possible, Attitude Control - Combined, Level Cruise Flight

Comments

This has shown up enough to be in production. Lot of pictures of them in bulk on flightlines, caves and now ships. Range characteristics are close to Harop although less capable sensors. Seems like command-guided data linked to somebody elses EO

Looks like the army/irgc uses trucks with 2 launchers. The picture has a 3 truck grouping.

Cruise speed should be a bit higher (maybe for Harop too)

Sources

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/iran-unveils-ominous-new-naval-drone-carrier-division https://iranpress.com/content/53734/kian-combat-and-defense-drone https://twitter.com/auroraintel/status/1346746832077156354?lang=en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2j1SgDjR-k https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2019/09/the-oryx-handbook-of-iranian-drones.html https://www.thedefensepost.com/2019/09/02/iran-kian-drone/ https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/loitering-munition-uavs.php

Huib18 commented 1 year ago

Additional info for the Aresh-1 propellor driven: Google Translate: Arash-1 pod is very thick, about 0.5m in diameter to be able to carry high fuel and 3m long. The problem of Arsh-1 drone is the weak 25 HP WAE-342 engine. Weak because this drone will have a low speed due to carrying a lot of fuel and a heavy warhead. Shahid 136 engine is about 50 horsepower.

https://mobile.twitter.com/awes_spad/status/1581960930795003904 https://mobile.twitter.com/awes_spad/status/1581960945190178818

Also ship launched: image

Aresh-2 https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/iranian_arash_2_kamikaze_drones_capabilities_and_specifications-4555.html

PygmalionOfCyprus commented 1 year ago

Handled 499 as part of ongoing Iran review. I don't think the Arash 1 has an EO sensor, I'm pretty sure it's just coord-driven. Arash 2 apparently has (or can be fitted with) a passive radar sensor for SEAD.