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Compare the evidence.

Choose up to three systems. Specifications retain their source and configuration; missing information is left undisclosed.

Geran-2

Russian-produced derivatives of the Iranian Shahed-136 design. Changes in production and mission equipment make Geran-2 a family rather than a single frozen specification.

Country / region
Russia / Iran
Programme status
Use documented
Sources reviewed
20 Sept 2026
In service / use documentedUse documented
Primary domain
Air
System type
One-way aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Alabuga production network; Iranian design lineage
Origin / production countries
Russia / Iran
Other names
Geran 2
Variants / configurations
Russian-produced Geran-2 series; Later mission-equipment variants
Operators / programme customers
Russia

Evidence & current status

Identification and specification are attributed to Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence. Captured-airframe evidence is stronger than a promotional claim, but one specimen does not establish every production variant or an independently verified fleet size.

Role & capabilities

  • One-way aircraft
  • One-way mission

Specifications in context

Airframe
Fixed-wing expendable aircraft

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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Launch / recovery
One-way mission

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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Propulsion
Propeller-driven baseline; jet Geran types have separate entries

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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Dimensions
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Mass
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Endurance
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Range
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Speed
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Altitude
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Payload
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Sensors
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Communications / navigation
Navigation and communications fit changes between documented series

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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