Kamikaze Killers: Iran's Drones Fly with Western Technology

The same applies to typical aviation instruments, such as the gyro stabilizer, also known as a gyroscope, which enables aircraft to orient themselves in the air. The mechanical gyroscope CAR found in a Mohajer 6 drone resembles one previously documented by the group in a Qasef 1 drone. That model is similar to the Shahed 136 and 131 and also belongs to the loitering munitions category, known casually as kamikaze drones. "The data from the report seems valid and very detailed," Ulrike Franke, a drone expert at the European Council of Foreign Relations in London told DER SPIEGEL. At the same time, the experts also discovered differences to older models. According to the report, some of the drones found in Ukraine had been fitted with more modern technology, such as a software-defined radio that was in a Shahad 136.