Arrow-22 Drone Iran’s New Long Range Attack Drone Capable of Striking Across the Middle East

Iran has its latest class of attack drone the Arrow-22 which reportedly has entered “the final stages of production” and has an endurance which far exceeds those of its rivals in the U.S. Air Force the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper. The new drone closely resembles the two American aircraft, as well as the Chinese Wing Loong series, and notably is it built around a stealth airframe as other Iranian designs have been. The Arrow-22 reportedly has a range of almost 3000km (quoted as 1,860 miles) and a very high endurance of up to 24 hours - and is not the first Iranian drone reportedly designed to operate at such ranges. For comparison, the American Predator and Reaper have ranges of 1240km and 1850km, while the range of China’s Wing Loong lies between the two.