Iran says its forces pulled off a stunning electronic warfare coup, capturing a fully armed Israeli Hermes 900 drone in mid‑mission instead of shooting it down, with its sensors, encrypted datalinks and weapons payload still intact. Turning this high‑end MALE UAV into a lab asset, Iranian engineers can now dissect its avionics, flight‑control software, sensor fusion and comms, potentially exposing critical weaknesses in Israel’s drone fleet and boosting Tehran’s counter‑UAV and air‑defense tactics. Officials are hailing the haul as proof of rapidly advancing air‑defense and electronic warfare capabilities, boasting that dozens of U.S. and Israeli drones have been neutralized since February 28 just as Israel pounds “Iranian regime targets” and Iran hits back at Israeli and U.S. interests across the region.
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