Hezbollah Shoots Down Israeli Hormuz 900 Drone: Characteristics and Operation Details

Hezbollah Shoots Down Israeli Hormuz 900 Drone: Characteristics and Operation Details

2024-04-06 23:53:22

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon – Hezbollah – publishes scenes from the operation to shoot down an armed drone belonging to the Israeli occupation army, a Hormuz 900.

  • Hezbollah publishes scenes of it shooting down the Israeli Hormuz 900 plane.. What are its characteristics?

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon – Hezbollah – published scenes of the operation to shoot down an armed drone belonging to the Israeli occupation army, a Hormuz 900.

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The Israeli occupation army acknowledged that a surface-to-air missile was launched at an Israeli Air Force drone in Lebanese airspace, resulting in it being hit and crashing, indicating that the incident is under review.

Characteristics of “Hormez 900”

According to the website of Al-Bayt Systems, which manufactures the Hormuz 900 or Kokhav, which is operated by Squadron 166, it is a drone weighing 970 kg, and its payload weight is 350 kg.

The aircraft has equipment that allows for many tasks and duties, including intelligence operations, assistance to ground forces, and intelligence photography of infrastructure.

The drone has an endurance of up to 30 hours in a single sortie, features sustained over-the-horizon multi-mission capabilities with a class-leading payload capacity of 450 kg, and reaches a maximum altitude of 30,000 feet.

One of its weapons features is its ability to be equipped with 4 guided missiles with a range of 10 km, of the “Spike” or “McKholit” model.

The crew of the “Hermes” aircraft consists of two officers, a commander and an operator. It is the second largest reconnaissance drone in the Air Force following the “Heron TB” aircraft, which Israel also calls “Eitan.”

The Hormuz 900 was used primarily to capture real-time images of the battlefield and transmit them to the Universal Ground Control Station (UGCS).

The Hormuz 900 is the latest MALE unmanned aircraft system purchased by the Israeli Army.

The “Hormuz 900” aircraft entered service with the Israeli Air Force in 2012, and was used during the Israeli occupation war on Gaza in 2014.

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