The Shahed-238 jet UAV, presented the day before by Iran, is more difficult to detect.
What is the peculiarity of the new jet drone presented by Iran
Now news has already appeared that Iran is producing a new Shahed with a jet engine, with different radar guidance. There are different options. This Shahed is very reactive. It is painted in matte black, which can further complicate the work of visual detection. I don't know if Russia will receive them, but these countries have such experience, the Air Forces of Ukraine spokesperson Yuriy Ignat said.
He also drew attention to the fact that Russia is constantly changing the tactics of using attack UAVs. If earlier they were launched during the day, they began to do it precisely at the dark time of the day to make their visual detection more difficult.
At the same time, the spokesman of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reminded that Ukraine is mass-producing an analogue of the sizeable Iranian drone Shahed-136.
Samples are already being made in Ukraine, which are flying to Moscow-city. I want to have more of them. We want them to be used more effectively, en masse, so that they are resistant to EW, so that they can fly thousands of kilometers, so that they can inflict the same painful blows on Russia as it inflicts on us, he said.
In response to the host's question about when these drones will be actively used, Ignat said: "Why do you think this is not happening? The Air Force does not announce this because everyone uses drones now. We in the Air Force have meant that we provided by partners that we use in the occupied territory of Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson regions".
New Iranian Shahed-238
Iranian media showed a video of the presentation of the new weapon. In the video, you can see how the supreme leader of the country, Ayatollah Khamenei, came to the university in Tehran, where he was shown the latest achievements of the aerospace forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.
The first classic modification has an autonomous guidance system based on the inertial system and GPS signals. The other two options have infrared/optical and probably radar guidance systems.
According to the Militarnyy channel, the version with an infrared/optical guidance system can be used to hit thermal contrast targets and essential military equipment behind enemy lines.
