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Israel plans to use unmanned drones it deployed in Azerbaijan to preemptively strike Iranian missile sites in the event of a war, Iranian news website Arannews.ir reported, citing the London-based Sunday Times.

The report comes amid mounting speculations that Israel may launch a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities next year, in which case the latter would retaliate by firing Shahab-3 and other long-range missiles at the Jewish state, while Lebanese militia Hezbollah and Gaza militants would follow suit.

Ahead of a possible strike, Heron drones armed with Hellfire missiles would take out the missiles before they leave the ground, said the report.

According to the report, the Nevatim airbase in Israel's Negev desert houses a U.S.-made X-band radar capable of detecting Iranian missiles loaded on launching pads 1,000 miles to the northeast, giving the Israelis 13 minutes' early warning.

We will remind that Irdiplomacy.ir, citing Global Post’s report, said in an article recently, “Drone aircraft had been among the $1.6 billion in weapons purchased by the Azeris. So Iran believes the link is much more substantial — to the point where they fear Israeli aircraft or special ops guys could be based on Azeri territory.”

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