New Iranian drones in Russia's service: a military expert revealed the disadvantages of Meraj-532
According to him, the Meraj-532 is cheaper and worse than Iranian drones-Kamikadze lines of Shahd, which Russian troops have already used for the task of strikes in Ukraine. The range of the new model is smaller, only 400-450 km, but the warhead power is almost the same. The Ukrainian military is called Shahd "flying" through loud noise from the operation of a gasoline engine.
According to Roman Svitan, the MERAJ-532 drone "shots" in the same way, with more noticeable radars through the wings of the aircraft type, which increase the effective scattering area. "She is twice cheaper than Shahed, we can say that this is such a winged rocket," the military added. - "This drone will be easy to detect and knock down. Worse than" Shahaned "it will definitely no longer.
The transmission can cause us only problems, the mechanism of destruction is ready, so I do not think it will be a problem. " According to Tasnim, on April 9, Iran first showed new MERAJ-532 UAVs after successful testing. The head of the Jihad organization for research and self -sufficiency of the City Land Forces, General Ali Kukhestani, told reporters that he was equipped with a 50 kg piston engine. The drone is able to fly about three hours at an altitude of 3.
6 km and to hit goals with high accuracy. One of the main advantages of the model, the Iranian military called rapid preparation for launch. On April 10, a spokesman for the coordination Press Center of Defense forces of the South Natalia Humeniuk suggested that Russia could get Meraj-532 from Iran to use in Ukraine. This will allow the occupiers to compensate for missile deficits. In October 2022, Iran introduced a new Dron-Kamikadze Meraj-521.