Chuck Darwin<p>What to know about Shahed-136 drones, which Iran used to attack Israel</p><p>At 11 feet long and 440 pounds, the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Shahed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shahed</span></a>-136 uses a lightweight frame <br>— with the same honeycomb carbon structure as high-speed trains in China <br>— to carry over 100 pounds of explosives toward preprogrammed targets up to 1,500 miles away.<br>
In the growing field of <a href="https://c.im/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drone</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/warfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warfare</span></a>, the “size, range, warhead weight and engine” set the Shahed-136 apart, according to Fabian Hinz, an Iran analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Berlin.</p><p>The drone employs a <a href="https://c.im/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/guidance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guidance</span></a> system that “you’d expect to be accurate up to roughly five meters [16 feet],” according to Jeremy Binnie, a Middle East analyst for Janes Defense Intelligence. </p><p>The guidance mechanism, coupled with <a href="https://c.im/tags/spoofing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spoofing</span></a>-<a href="https://c.im/tags/resistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistant</span></a> antennae, allows the drone to maintain an accurate flight path far beyond the range of drones controlled using radio signals.</p><p> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/16/iran-israel-drone-attack-shahed-136/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/world/2024/</span><span class="invisible">04/16/iran-israel-drone-attack-shahed-136/</span></a></p>