Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

In the mid-1980s, Iran became interested in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Iranians have since began manufacturing (UAVs). As an attack munition rather than intelligence, surveillance, or reconnaissance (ISR) platform, the first generation Ababil appears to have been deployed during the Iran–Iraq War. Iran's Shahed drones have been actively utilized by Russian forces in the Russo-Ukrainian war and by Iranian forces in the 2026 Iran war. In response to their effectiveness, Ukraine created its