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Iran's Rezvan loitering munition offers 20 km frontline strike capability
The GLMD-24W4.5-R2 Rezvan is an Iranian short-range loitering munition designed to support ground forces with tube launch, an EO seeker, a 24 kilogram warhead and about 20 kilometers range.
Apr 3rd 2026 · Iran
Insights
- Designation GLMD-24W4.5-R2, weighing about 41 kilograms with roughly 20 kilometers range and about 20 minutes endurance.
- It carries a roughly 24 kilogram hollow-charge fragmentation warhead designed to defeat light armor, personnel and critical infrastructure.
- The drone is tube launched from concealed positions or vehicles and can be put into action in seconds.
- A forward electro-optical seeker streams real-time video to an operator for precise terminal guidance against static and moving targets.
- Rezvan integrates intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance with strike in one platform, reducing detect-to-engage timelines to minutes.
- The system is intended to support ground forces by interdicting convoys, forward bases and high-value points, fitting Iran's broader use of loitering munitions to raise costs for adversaries.
Sources
- Irán responde a las amenazas de Trump con la movilización de millones de voluntarios para la guerra www.abc.es
- Destituyen al jefe del Estado Mayor del Ejército de EEUU en plena guerra de Irán www.elmundo.es
- Iran Beefs Up Defenses, Recruits Children as It Prepares for Ground War www.wsj.com
- 'Rezvan', el dron suicida que planea utilizar Irán ante una eventual invasión de EEUU www.elespanol.com
- Iran's radicalized regime fuels threat of nuclear bomb www.lemonde.fr