Iran is putting what seems to be a single Sidewinder copy onto a Mach 1 capable drone, which suggests it's meant to be offensive.
The US has armed its Predator and Reaper drones with Stinger and recently Sidewinder missiles, but these are meant for defense (the AIM-9X can actually be used against ground targets as well, making it multi-functional). Some US programs are also being developed for air combat drones but with a focus on them being wingmen to manned aircraft. Russia did express plans to use the S-70 for air combat, but again in cooperation with manned platforms.
Iran is in a curious position of having to rely heavily on drones as its heavily outclassed by its Middle Eastern rivals, and a strong Western air power presence. On top of that they're heavily limited in their ability to buy expensive modern fighter jets, forcing them to rely on cheap and home grown drones, with great success I would add. So it seems logical that they'd try and see if the same results can be achieved in air combat.
The drone is a HESA Karrar, a derivative of the MQM-107 Streaker. It's rocket launched and I assume lands with a parachute. Payload capacity seems to be 100 kg under every wing and 200 kg on the centerline. Speed up to Mach 1, range up to 1000 km.
This suggests the Karrar could in theory carry one medium range (150 kg) and two short ranged missiles (below 100 kg each), although this might greatly affect performance, so one medium or two short ranged missiles seems more likely. Alternatively the Karrar could be equipped with a large number of Stinger missiles (below 20 kg) which would be highly effective against slower moving drones, helicopters and prop/turbofan aircraft. Or with the Iranian 358 missile, which can fly for 10 minutes at Mach 1 and has a laser proximity fuse optimized to hit small targets without getting distracted by flares.
Since the Karrar can be launched vertically from basically a truck, that means it can be deployed from anywhere, be it on land, sea or even from the air. This is a huge advantage to Iran whose aircraft are under constant threat on the ground from air strikes, or attacks in the air from more advanced and stealthy enemy fighters. By contrast a low cost drone that can be launched from the front line has little to fear
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Buenosdillas
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
Him: I can explain everything!
(It's his best joke yet I think)
Bob
So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."
Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.
Just to clarify, 12345678
Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...
Notices there's only 2;
Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."
I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.
I was just sitting there doing nothing.
