A C-17 Globemaster from the 89th Airlift Squadron, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio can be seen in the background coming in for a landing at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y. on February 10, 2021.
Here is a compilation of loitering munitions, or “Kamikaze drones”, from countries around the world.
The United States
The General Atomics MQ-9B Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is staged at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Yuma, Ariz., (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colton Brownlee)
Model Length Wingspan Range Speed Endurance Payload R-Q 4 Global Hawk 14.5 m 39.8 m 22,800 km 357 km/h 34/h 1, 360 kg MQ-9 Reaper 11 m 20.1 m 1, 850 km 444. 48 km/h N/A 1, 701 kg Predator C (MQ-20) Avenger 13 m 20 m 5, 835 km 740 km/h 20/h 2, 948 kg MQ-5B Hunter 7 m 8.84 m N/A 222 km/h 30/h N/A Northrop Grumman X -47B 11.62 m 18.9 m 3890 km N/A 12/h 2000 kg XQ-58A 9 m 8.2 m 5556 km 882 km/h N/A 272 kg (internal)/ 272kg (external) Switchblade 600 130 cm N/A 40 km 185 km/h 40/min 15 kg MQ-1C-Gray Eagle 9 m 17 m N/A 310 km/h 25/h 227-262 kg
Turkey
Model Length Wingspan Range Speed Endurance Payload Bayraktar TB-2 6.5 m 12 m 300 km 222 km/h 27/h 150 kg Bayraktar TB-3 8.35 m 14 m N/A 300 km 24/h 280 kg Bayraktar-Akinci 12.2 m 20 m 7,500 km 360 km/h 24/h 1,500 kg Aksungur 11.6 m 24 m N/A N/A 50/h Bayraktar DIHA (VTOL) 1.5 m 5 m 150 km 150/h 12/h 5 kg Kizilelma 14. 7 m 10 m 930 km 900/km 5/h 1,500 kg
China
Model Length Wingspan Range Speed Endurance Payload Wing Loong-1 9 m 14 m N/A 280 km/h 20/h 200 kg Wing Loong-2 11 m 20.5 4,000 km 370 km/h 20/h 480 kg Wing Loong-3 12. 2 m 24 m 10,000 km 402 km/h 40/h 2, 300 kg CASC CH-5 Rainbow 11.2 m 26 m 10,000 km 480 km/h 60/h 1,200 kg Gonji -11 (GJ-11) 11.65 14 m 4,000 km 1000 km/h N/A N/A
Israel
Model Length Wingspan Range Speed Endurance Payload Heron TP 14 m 26 m 1000 km 220 km/h 30/h 2,700 kg Point Blank 0.91 m 0.8 m 10 km 186 km/h 20/min 2 kg Heron 8.5 m 16.6 m 1000 km 111-148 km/h 45/h 470 kg Hermes 450 6.1 m 10.5 m 200 km 176 km/h 17-30/h 180 kg Hermes 900 (aka Kochav) 8.3 15 m 9,000 km 220 km/h 36/h 350 kg
Iran
Model Length Wingspan Range Speed Endurance Payloa Ababil 3 4.5 m 6.5 m 150 km 300 km/h 8/h 1.7 kg Arash (aka Kian 2) 4.5 m 4 m 2000 km 480 km/h 30/h 30 kg Fetros 8.25 m 16 m 1700 – 2000 km 250 km/h 30/h N/A Kaman 22 6.5 m 17 m 3000 km N/A 24/h 300 kg Mohajer 6 5.67 m 10 m 2000 km 200 km/h 12/h 40 kg Shahed 129 8 m 16 m 1700 km 200 km/h 24/h 400 kg Shahed 136 3.5 m 2.5 m 2000 km 185 km/h N/A 50 kg Shahed 191 (aka Saegheh 2) 2.7 m 7.31 m 1500 km 3500 km/h 5 /h 50 kg Yasir (aka Qods Yasir/Sayed 2) 1.19 m 3 m 450 km 120 km/h 8-20/h N/A Mohajer 10 Unknown Unknown 2000 km 210 km/h 24/h 300 kg
Europe
Model Length Wingspan Range Speed Endurance Payload Dassault nEUROn 9.5 m 12.5 N/A 980 km/h N/A N/A
Russia
Model Length Wingspan Range Speed Endurance Payload Sukhoi SU-70 11.65 m 20 m 6,000 km 1,400 km/h N/A 2,000 kg
Germany and Spain
Model Length Wingspan Range Speed Endurance Payload EADS Barracuda 8.25 m 7.22 m 200 km 1040 km/h 17/h 300kg
Australia
Model Length Wingspan Range Speed Endurance Payload MQ-28 Ghost Bat 11.7 m 7.3 m 3700 km 296 km/h 16/h N/A
France
Model Length Wingspan Range Speed Endurance Payload AAROK 14 m 22 m N/A 463 km/h 24-plus/h 2,720 kg
Taiwan
Model Length Wingspan Range Speed Endurance Payload Albatross II 6.5 m 14.97 m 2255 km 205 km/h 20 hours 250 kg
