Iran Fishes Mysterious UAS Out of the Gulf of Oman

The above photo shows a UAS reportedly recovered by the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution from the sea in the Gulf of Oman, near the port of Jask, Iran.

The mysterious aircraft appears to be covered by mud and seaweeds and it does not look like any known type at first glance.

Although the quality of the photo does not help, it is seemingly painted in a desert colour scheme, has something in common with the somehow famous “Pahpad”, made in Iran and used by Syria to spy on the clashes in Homs: similar nose section and, possibly fin (the one in the image could be displaced and the only surviving the impact).

Still, the aircraft recovered from the sea seems to lack the typical tail boom that in the “Pahpad” (image below) is connected to the vertical stabilizers in the middle of the fins.

Furthermore, after capturing an RQ-170 and some ScanEagles, the fact that Tehran has not claimed any new downing of enemy UAS could be the sign that the one depicted in the above image is a domestic “Pahpad”.

Rather than the name of the aircraft, Pahpad (پهپاد) is actually the short form of “parandeye hedayat pazire az rahe door” (“پرنده هدایت پذیر از راه دور”), the Farsi for “remotely piloted aircraft”.

Source: The Aviationist

One comment

  1. This does not appear to be the UAS in the image. The wing chord to body length ratio is wrong. It appears to have a tapered tail with a pusher prop, which with the body length, does not match any twin boom UAS I have seen. A v-tail rather than a twin boom is more likely with the body length and fineness ration.

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