The strategic importance of intercepting MQ-1 drones; from detection failure to the issue of suppressing the source of the flight.
According to IRNA from the Revolutionary Guards News, the MQ-1C Gray Eagle ER drone is the developed and long-range version of the Gray Eagle family, belonging to the US Army's ground forces, which is designed for long-term missions by increasing flight continuity and using advanced equipment for monitoring, identification and electronic information collection. The importance of the kill reports of this drone family is not limited to the monetary value of the bird; rather, the loss of any drone can disrupt the continuity of intelligence surveillance, reduce detection capability, and increase the enemy's operating costs. The report on the destruction of the 16th MQ-1 plane in Shemi Kashem is of considerable importance from this point of view.
Another important issue is identifying the source and pattern of US drone missions. Continuous monitoring of the flight paths and identification of the source of the flight operations is carried out continuously by aerospace intelligence fighters, and this leads to a more accurate understanding of the enemy's support structure and intelligence detection activity, thus suppressing the flight source of these drones and the bases of the American aggressor in the entire region, when it is possible only at the moment of the fighter's will. Salami Republic forces.