Iran downs US RQ-170

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Re: Iran downs US RQ-170

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Crizz wrote:The second image is not a RQ-170, the top image is.
Second image looks more like a X-45 iso RQ-170 to me.
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Re: Iran downs US RQ-170

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vorWHmk38yE
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vorWHmk38yE[/youtube]

For those who can understand Arabic... :wink:
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Re: Iran downs US RQ-170

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The second image is not a RQ-170, the top image is.
True, I stand corrected, that was a bad example, changed the picture.
But the top image also does not come close to an RQ-170.
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Re: Iran downs US RQ-170

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Thermal wrote: But the top image also does not come close to an RQ-170.
Close enough for me to call it at least a RQ-170 mockup ;-)
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Re: Iran downs US RQ-170

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I don't think it is a mock up. US lost this drone, and it seems Iran captured it with some kind of russian help... I think this is the real one..
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Re: Iran downs US RQ-170

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Iran is playing with their new toy?
http://defense-update.com/20111205_kvan ... ystem.html
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Re: Iran downs US RQ-170

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Found this via Alert5.com: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-5 ... our-drone/

So it isn't a mock up...
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