Iran claims it has drones capable of flying 7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles)

Republican Guard general Hossein Salami says UAVs can ‘fly, return home, and land wherever they are planned to’; if true, distance would put Israel and Europe within range.

Iran has drones with a range of 7,000 kilometers (4,375 miles) that can reach well beyond Israel, a top commander of the country’s Revolutionary Guard claimed Sunday.

Iran has made dubious and exaggerated claims regarding its military capabilities in the past, and there was no outside confirmation of the latest assertion.

“We have unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) with a long range of 7,000 kilometers. They can fly, return home, and land wherever they are planned to,” Revolutionary Guard chief Hossein Salami was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA. (Read More)