Strike UAV / loitering munition · long-range one-way attack

Arash loitering munition

A large, long-range one-way attack drone Iran displayed in 2022 and described as built for strikes on Israel — the upper end of the Iranian loitering munition family, carried here with its status uncertain because its fielding rests on Iran's own statements.

Arash Iran Arash-2 displayed in 2022

Status as of
2026-10
Last reviewed
2026-10-29

AssessmentLow confidence

Recognition context, not a stat sheet. The catalogue covers major publicly documented systems relevant to the conflicts Vigil covers — not an exhaustive order of battle. No quantities, availability or current allocations are recorded.

The record What this system is, where it comes from, who operates it and which of Vigil’s modules it is relevant to — with the evidence each of those rests on.

Status uncertain Evidence: Associated
Silhouette · not to scale

Record

FamilyArash
VariantsArash-2
OriginIran
EraArash-2 displayed in 2022
Appears inIran–Gulf 2026 war

Conflict relevance

This is the catalogue's single record for this system. It is relevant to the module below; each module's Force Atlas shows how it is used there.

Operators

Iran and the Gulf: Described by Iranian officials in 2022 as a long-range system built for targets in Israel. Fielding and any combat use rest on Iranian statements and displays, and no independent account of its employment in the 2026 war was read.

Battlefield role

Long-range one-way attack with a heavier warhead than the Shahed families, by Iran's description; a weapon for distant fixed targets rather than for mass.

Strengths

Range and payload beyond the Shahed-136 as described by its maker, and a launch method that does not need an airfield.

Limitations

Everything known about it is Iranian description and display. No inventory, unit, launch area or count is recorded, no independent confirmation of its combat use was read, and the record's status is uncertain for that reason.

Documented conflict use

None independently documented. Iranian claims of use against Israel are carried as claims; its employment in the 2026 Gulf war is not established.

Assessed as of — 2026-10 Last reviewed — 2026-10-29