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Tango0114 Nov 2014 10:22 p.m. PST

"Three years ago, a stealthy Air Force RQ-170 Sentinel drone crashed in eastern Iran, highlighting the U.S. government's surveillance efforts there and inflaming tensions between the two countries. It appeared to mark the first time that a U.S. drone had fallen into enemy hands.

Iranian officials now say that recovery has paid off. They just released video they claim shows a new Iranian drone reverse-engineered from the RQ-170 lost in 2011. That aircraft sustained little damage when it crashed, the Iranian state television state al-Alam reported at the time…"
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Fake?

Amicalement
Armand

Ron W DuBray16 Nov 2014 6:01 p.m. PST

RC model air craft, take off and landing makes it look to be about a 6ft wing span.

Deadone16 Nov 2014 9:32 p.m. PST

Erm what are drones other than RC aircraft?

And even the US uses small ones ala RQ-11:


Iran has got access to drone technology and has indeed been operating drones over Syria. But then anyone with a few hundred spare dollars has access to drones these days.

I agree this looks too small (it's size on runway) for an RQ-170, even when taking into account Iran's own footage of captured RQ-170.


Tango0117 Nov 2014 10:34 p.m. PST

Agree.

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