Iran has unveiled a prototype long-range bomber without a pilot on Sunday, the latest in a stream of announcements of new military equipment manufactured in Iran as tension mounts over its nuclear program.On a stage in front of military officials, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has drawn a map away from the aircraft, called the Karrar, which Iran says is its first long-range UAV.
With the United States and Israel say they do not rule out a military strike to prevent Iran obtaining a nuclear bomb, the Islamic Republic showed off a new mini-submarine and surface to surface missiles and announced its intention to launch high-altitude satellites in the next three years.
The presentation of the drone came one day after Iranian and Russian technicians began loading fuel in Iran's first nuclear power, what Israel calls "completely unacceptable".
In a speech at the inaugural ceremony, Ahmadinejad said that Iran should seek the ability to make preemptive strikes against any perceived threat, but he said he would never strike first.
"If someone ignorant or selfish or a tyrant who was simply making a violent assault while our Department of Defense should reach a point where it could cut off the hand of the aggressor before deciding to make an assault" he said.
"We should reach a point where Iran could serve as defense for all freedom-loving nations against aggressors world. We do not want to attack anywhere, Iran will never resolve attack anywhere, but our revolution can not sit idly in the face of tyranny, we can not remain indifferent. "
State television said the drone had a range of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) and speed of 900 km / h (560 mph) and could be armed with four cruise missiles or a payload of 250 - Sterling or two (113 - kg) or a 500-pound bombs.
It could also be used for reconnaissance and test missile defense of Iran, the station said.
Iran, which says its nuclear program is entirely peaceful, has warned that any attack against its nuclear sites would be undermined by measures not limited to the Middle East. Ahmadinejad said on Saturday an attack against Iran would be "suicidal".
Iran has said it is ready to resume negotiations with world powers, but the exact nature of these negotiations has not yet been defined. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said last week Iran would not talk to the United States unless the sanctions and military threats have been removed.
