Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are stationed in Venezuela, on the northeast tip of South America, where some 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles) separate them from skyscrapers in Miami.
Maj. (res.) Tal Beeri, head of the research department at the Alma Center, a defense watchdog located in northern Israel, said the new report highlighted a topic that until now has received little attention — the arrival of Iranian-made UAVs in the western hemisphere.
Venezuela is known to have UAVs ostensibly produced locally, but in reality, they are Iranian UAVs. These drones are used to secure their oil fields and belong to the Mohajer 6 and Mohajer N2 type model. The Venezuelan UAV is an Iranian Mohajer 6 UAV. It has a flight duration capacity of 12 hours, a flight velocity of 200 km/h, and a flight range of 2,000 km (GPS-based). The Mohajer 6 has the ability to carry precision armaments.
Venezuela, which is located in the United States’ “backyard,” is considered a close ally of Iran, and symbolically, the Iranian leadership considers Venezuela to be part of the radical Shiite axis. Just as the area of southern Syria is a geographical platform used by Iran to create a nearby physical front against Israel (“The Little Devil”), so can the territory of Venezuela be a geographical platform for Iran to operate against the United States (“The Great Satan”) from the air.
The aerial distance between Venezuela and Florida is about 2,000 kilometers. We know that Iran transfers weapons to Venezuela regularly and that these deliveries may also include missiles. We also understand that Venezuela, in particular and South America, in general, has become a base for the IRGC Quds Force activities. While mentioning Iran’s air capabilities regarding Venezuela, it is worth noting that Puerto Rico, whose inhabitants are American citizens, is only about 500 miles away from Venezuela…
The main purpose of this special report is to present the existing threat deriving from the Iranian “UAV army” in the Middle East. In addition to the direct use of the “UAV Army” by the Iranians themselves, the threat manifests itself in the extent of the arsenal, the deployment and accessibility of “UAV army” for use by Iran’s proxies in Lebanon (Hezbollah and Hamas), in Syria (Hezbollah and Shiite axis militias), in Iraq (Shiite axis militias), in Yemen (Houthis) and in the Gaza Strip (Hamas and Islamic Jihad).
The full 49-page report can be accessed here.
Source: The Alma Research and Education Center