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Drones

Syrian rebels have captured an intact (Made in Iran) “Pahpad” drone. And here’s a video showing some details.

Many videos showing the so-called “Pahpad” drone, made in Iran and used by Syria to spy on the clashes in Homs were uploaded by the rebels since the beginning of the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 13, 2013
Drones

Italian Mafia tested killer drones decades before the U.S. used them in Afghanistan

Cosa Nostra tested remotely controlled aircraft loaded with bombs to attack and kill rivals from the sky in the early 1990s, well before the U.S. Air Force and CIA used…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 13, 2013
Military Aviation

Here’s an insane video of what you can do with an old Russian An-2 biplane

This video contains images of maneuvers that may seem impossible at the first sight. The footage shows an old Antonov An-2 Colt's appearance in Krakow air show, back in 2006. Stunning…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
June 12, 2013
China

Is this China’s new Long Range Strike stealth aircraft?

The following image, found by Chinese military aviation expert Andreas Rupprecht, shows the shape of what could be a future Chinese stealth bomber plane. True or false? A model plane…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 11, 2013
Helicopters

Impressive: huge Merlin helicopter eaten by C-17 cargo

After flying more than 18,000 hours in Afghanistan, moving more than 7,900 tonnes of kit and stores and transporting over 130,000 personnel since 2009, RAF Merlin helicopters have finished their…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 11, 2013
Syria

Lethal: Watch this rebel hit a Syrian helicopter using an SA-16 shoulder mounted surface to air missile systems

Even if it's not clear whether the targeted Mi-8/17 Hip chopper was able to survive the hit (in the last year some Syrian helicopters have proved their ability to withstand…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 10, 2013
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