Green Dragon

IAI Green Dragon is a loitering munition developed by Israel Aerospace Industries. Army Technology describes it as a tactical loitering missile, while open-source profiles place it in IAI's family of expendable unmanned attack systems. It is intended to let small units or light platforms search for a target, confirm it visually, and attack by diving onto it with an onboard warhead.

The key advantage of Green Dragon is that it compresses the sensor-to-shooter chain. Instead of calling for artillery or aircraft after spotting a target, the operator can use the loitering munition itself to find and attack. This is especially useful against fleeting targets, light vehicles, exposed positions, or small tactical objectives where a larger missile would be expensive or unavailable.

Loitering munitions have changed how small units think about fires. Systems like Green Dragon sit between drones and missiles, offering both observation and attack in a single expendable package. For equipment analysis, the platform is useful because it shows how Israeli manufacturers adapted UAV experience into smaller weapons that can be deployed below the level of traditional airpower.