The Iranian Aircraft Manufacturing Industry Corporation (Hesa) built the HESA Karrar (Striker) jet in 2010, which may have referenced the American MQM-107 Streaker target aircraft imported during the Pahlavi period. In appearance, the striker is very similar to the MQM-107 Streaker, but according to the report of the developer, it is not completely imitated by the latter, and also refers to the South African "Skua" target machine. Skua's technical data was sold to Iran by a user state. Iran has changed the design several times on the basis of the MQM-107 Streaker and the Skua.
MQM-107E
Skuas
Development began in 2002, probably as the "Hadaf-1" at the time. In 2004, Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamqani visited the forward's miniature model. HESA said the aircraft had been under development for years, but analysts did not believe it.
Iranian President Ahmad ahmadinejad. On August 23, 2010, Ahmadinejad announced that the Striker was Iran's domestically produced "long-range unmanned bomber", which was the first long-range drone produced in Iran. The striker takes off with rocket boost and the parachute is recycled. It is inlet from the back and has a small tangent-angled triangular ventral fin at the back of the abdomen. Iran says it has the ability to be launched from the air by a carrier aircraft. Although Iran said the aircraft had reconnaissance capabilities, it did not find where the photoelectric/infrared sensors were.
The forward has an autopilot system with inertial and/or GPS guidance that can fly high and low in and out of high and low altitudes day and night. It generally flies on a pre-planned route, and can also change course in the air if necessary. It can carry one Mk-82 bomb, or two Mk-81 250-pound generic bombs, or two Nasr-1 (imitation C-704)/2 Cowsar anti-ship missiles (imitation C-701 or TL-10A) in the midline of the belly; after 2019, it can also carry a Balaban satellite-guided gliding bomb. But after carrying the weapon, its range will be greatly reduced.
Carry the Mk-82
Nasr-1
Multiple sources said the aircraft had been exported to lebanon's Allah party and was used in the Syrian civil war. As a target aircraft, it is used for target testing of the Mersad surface-to-air missile system, the S-300PMU-2, the Sayyad-2/3 surface-to-air missile system, and the Fakour-90 air-to-air missile.
Performance data:
Length: 4 meters
Payload: 500 lbs
Wingspan: 2.5 meters
Maximum takeoff weight: 700 kg
Power: 1 Tolloue 5 or TR 60-5 turbojet engine with an estimated thrust of 4.2–4.4 kN
Maximum speed: 900 km / h
Range: 1000 km
Weapons: 3 hook points (1 belly point, 2 underwing points)
Mounting scheme 1: 2 Kowsar/2 Nasr-1 anti-ship missiles;
Mounting scheme 2: 2 Mk-81 250 pound universal bombs;
Mounting scheme 3: 1 Mk-82 bomb;
Mounting scheme 4: 1 Balbapan satellite-guided gliding bomb
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