Cluster Bomb / Submunition

Cluster Bomb / Submunition event in Isfahan, Isfahan area, Iran, Islamic Republic of on Sun 29th January 2023

29th January 2023

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Earlier today, the Iranian Defense Ministry in a statement said that its air defense units have repelled a drone attack on a military workshop in the central city of Isfahan. The ministry stated that one of its workshop complexes had come under attack from a number of Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs), but the complexصs air defenses successfully repelled the attack. Three advanced quadcopters equipped with bomblets were used in this attack, and the security forces stationed in the complex, after hearing the sound of quadcopters, tried to counter these MAVs, which succeeded in intercepting one of them, informed sources told IRNA.

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Iran, Islamic Republic of (IRN)

Isfahan ( Isfahan area )

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