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News Source Record

# News Source Record

**L-Ne / Open-source news extract** — Original media coverage of unmanned aerial systems.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Collection date | 22 August 2010 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source news record // LRRK collection product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| Scale | Global |
| Language | English |
| Terms matched | drone; unmanned; bomber drone; Karrar |

## Bibliographic

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Outlet | BBC News |
| Title | Iran unveils first bomber drone |
| Dateline | — |
| First publisher | yes |
| Original URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11052023 |
| Archive URL | — |
| Dedup key | 2010-08-22|bbc-news|iran-karrar-unmanned-bomber |
| Source grade | B1 |

## Record

**Verified extract — [Fact — B1]** BBC reported Iran unveiling what it said was its first domestically built unmanned bomber. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pulled away a sheet to reveal the Karrar and said the plane could serve as a "messenger of death" but that its key message was friendship: "This jet is a messenger of honour and human generosity and a saviour of mankind, before being a messenger of death for enemies of mankind." Iranian state TV later showed the Karrar in flight and said it had a range of 1,000 km (620 miles) and could carry two 250-pound (115 kg) bombs or a precision bomb of 500 pounds. The unveiling came as Iran began loading fuel rods at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear plant.

**Kinematic object.** Iranian Karrar unmanned bomber, claimed 1,000 km range and 250/500 lb bomb load.

**Coverage frame.** military / industry

## Source integrity

- Why this is treated as an original: BBC first English report of the named Karrar unveiling with Ahmadinejad quotes and state-TV performance numbers.
- Wire reprint status: Iranian official event; BBC is the fetched first-language international report.
- What was excluded: later Iranian UAV showpieces.

## LRRK relevance

Watch / Campaign. A Watch desk would have recorded Iran publicly fielding a named unmanned bomber with stated range and payload.

*LRRK — security assurance for systems that sense, move, and act.*

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