"Iran Just Released Video Of A Stealth Drone" Topic
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| Tango01 | 14 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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| Ron W DuBray | 16 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. |
| Deadone | 16 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.
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| Tango01 | 17 Nov 2014 10:34 p.m. PST |
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