"Drone War Heats Up in the Skies Over Syria" Topic
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| Tango01 | 10 Jun 2017 3:53 p.m. PST |
"The U.S.-led coalition in Syria has shot down the pride of Iran's drone fleet, heating up the little-noticed drone war Iran has been waging on behalf of the Assad regime over the past five years. In a statement released on Thursday, the coalition said it shot down a pro-Assad regime drone "similar in size to a U.S. MQ-1 Predator" after the drone dropped a number of munitions near coalition forces training and fighting with anti-ISIS rebels at At Tanf. The U.S. description of the Iranian-made drone as Predator-sized, taken together with Hezbollah's broadcast of a video feed showing an Iranian drone shadowing a U.S. MQ-1 Predator near At Tanf the day before the downing as well as reporting from CNN, point to Iran's Shahed-129, the most capable unmanned aerial vehicle in Tehran's arsenal, as the downed drone…"
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| USAFpilot | 10 Jun 2017 4:13 p.m. PST |
Very tight airspace. Lots of different factions operating in it with lots of international borders nearby. The area is prime for a major slip up. It's the eternal war; maybe we should just stay out of it. |
| vicmagpa1 | 10 Jun 2017 5:52 p.m. PST |
interesting piece. question is. if they do deploy drones. where is the factory? are they detectable by AWAC planes / aircraft? interesting scenario developing over there. |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 10 Jun 2017 8:10 p.m. PST |
As long as it's just drones killing drones… |
| Cacique Caribe | 11 Jun 2017 2:23 a.m. PST |
Yeah, but there are lots of human drones too! :) Dan |
| Tango01 | 11 Jun 2017 2:56 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed the article my friend.
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