Iran - IRGC gifts Russian Air Force l. Gen Bondaref a reverse-engineered Scan Eagle UAV

IRGC gifts Russian Air Force l. Gen Bondaref a reverse-engineered Scan Eagle UAV.(Presstv).

A senior Iranian commander says Iran gave Russia one of its indigenous ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicles as a sign of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

Commander of the Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh presented the drone to the visiting Russian Air Force Commander-in-Chief, Lieutenant General Viktor Nikolaevich Bondarev, on Monday.

“The ScanEagle drone produced by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps is the symbol of some of Iran’s technical capabilities,” Hajizadeh said.

While the current executive branch of Iran's government has recently engaged in attempts to charm the West, it now appears the IRGC is on a charm mission of its own but with the Russian military.

This presentation to the Russians provides a demonstration of confidence in Iranian abilities at reverse engineering and manufacturing.

The US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft was downed by the Iranian Army's electronic warfare unit while flying over the Iranian city of Kashmar, some 140 miles (225 km) from the Afghan border.

The senior Russian commander hailed the capabilities of the IRGC and said it had succeeded in making great achievements.


  Hmmmm.....Compliments of Hussein.