‘Ambassador of death’ plane

IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday inaugurated the country’s first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an “ambassador of death” to Iran’s enemies.

The four-metre-long drone aircraft can carry up to four cruise missiles and will have a range of 1,000km, according to a state TV report – not far enough to reach arch-enemy Israel.

“The jet, as well as being an ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship,” said Ahmadinejad at the inauguration ceremony, which fell on Iran’s national day for its defence industries.