An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that had penetrated the Israeli airspace in the morning of Oct. 6, was identified and intercepted by what looks like an Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter jet at approximately 10:00 AM (07.00 GMT).
IDF soldiers are currently searching the area where the drone was downed, in open areas in the northern Negev, to locate and identify the drone.
Even if clearly identifying the type of drone is impossible, by comparing the size of the air-to-air missile that hit it, the mysterious robot seems to be quite small. Not as small as the bird-like American drone spotted in Iraq and Afghanistan, but probably much smaller that the Shahed 129, Iran’s new spy drone (an Israeli Hermes 450/Watchkeeper clone) allegedly capable of carrying missiles.
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H/T to Guido Olimpio for the heads-up
