Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday the unveiling of the SKYWASP, a domestically manufactured long-range one-way attack drone with a reported range of 1,500 km. The drone, developed by SR2Vector, is intended for mass production under the Vision 2030 defense industry initiative, according to a defense industry report.
Saudi Arabia unveiled Tuesday the SKYWASP, a long-range one-way attack drone (OWA-UAV) developed by SR2Vector as part of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 defense industry expansion. The drone has a reported range of 1,500 km and a cost of approximately $30,000, with INS/GNSS navigation and anti-jamming features. It is designed to operate autonomously with pre-programmed waypoints, reducing reliance on continuous communications. Saudi officials present the SKYWASP as a domestically produced platform tailored to the Kingdom's operational requirements, despite its external resemblance to Iran's Shahed-136 family of drones. The development reflects a broader shift in modern warfare toward low-cost, expendable strike drones for saturation attacks, rather than relying solely on expensive precision-guided munitions.
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