Watch as Iran unveils its biggest EVER war drone named ‘The Gaza’ that carry deadly 13-bomb payload for 24hrs straight

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WATCH this alarming footage of Iran’s biggest-ever war drone called “The Gaza” that can carry a deadly 13-bomb load for well over 24 hours straight.

The super-heavy drone was dramatically unveiled to the world by Iran‘s military air force during a huge weapons drill.

The Gaza is Iran’s biggest-ever unmanned war drone, and is now fully operational[/caption]

The lethal drone successfully took out eight targets during a weapons drill[/caption]

The aircraft can carry up to 13 bombs[/caption] Illustration of Iran's new drone, "The Gaza," with specifications.

The enormous unmanned machine has a whopping 22m wingspan and weighs over three tonnes.

The footage flaunting the new weapon shows the drone cruising through the skies and blasting the earth with bombs.

Fireballs explode hundreds of metres below as bombs plummet from the drone.

The Gaza itself is shaped like a small aircraft with two flat wings and a propeller at the back.

The video demonstrates the drone seamlessly going through the motions – including taxiing, take-off, operation of the landing gear and touch-down.

We are also shown a POV view through the bomber’s scope as it strikes targets in the cross hairs with pinpoint accuracy.

According to The Aerospace Force of Iran‘s Islamic Revolution guard Corps (IRGC), the drone can cruise around non-stop for 35 hours and hit speeds of 350kmph.

It can support a payload of at least 500kg, meaning it can be stocked with 13 deadly bombs kitted out with AI capabilities.

The drone, which has a sprawling range of 1,000km, was first announced in May 2021, but has now been declared fully operational.

During the weapons exhibition, the IRGC successfully obliterated eight targets using the drone’s precision bombing system.

Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the IRGC, said on Sunday that his force’s drone had launched AI-enabled missiles during the major naval drill underway in the Persian Gulf, code-named the Great Prophet Authority.

The nickname is to acknowledge Iran‘s Palestinian ally, but the drone’s technical name is the Shahed-149.

The weapon is similar to the US’s Reaper drone, which has been used in numerous combat operations including in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen.

It is thought the Iranian creation uses either a Chinese or a Russian navigation system after Iran made deals with the two countries in 2021 and 2022.

The drone has a huge wingspan of 22m, and is shaped like a small plane[/caption]

The bombing system is able to take out targets with pinpoint accuracy[/caption]

This means the Gaza does not need to reply on the commonly-used GPS system.

Iran has a history of ripping-off US technology – particularly drones.

The most famous example is the Shahed 171 Simorgh, or which was a copycat of the stealthy US RQ-170.

One of these machines was brought down in Iran in 2011, supposedly using electronic warfare, which allowed the Islamic nation to “reverse engineer” the drone.

A number of Reaper drones have also been captured by Iran, which they could have mimicked to build the Gaza.