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Captured Stealth Drone

Size, position and orientation of the captured U.S. stealth drone in Iran: an architect's analysis

Many speculations and very few known facts surround the mysterious capture of the U.S. stealthy RQ-170 Sentinel drone in Iran. While the U.S. claim that the robot was lost as…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 23, 2011
Aircraft Carriers

Wanna know where the new Chinese aircraft carrier will be in the next few days? Here it is. A website gives you the coordinates.

This time you don't need a satellite to get a glimpse of the Varyag in the Yellow Sea. If you wish to know where the refurbished Chinese aircraft carrier will…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 21, 2011
Helicopters

The thrills and chills of helicopter mountain flying. In Afghanistan and everywhere.

Under suspiction as the root cause of many air-deprivation events suffered by U.S. Air Force pilots flying the much troubled F-22 Raptor, hypoxia is also one of issues helicopter pilots…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 21, 2011
Drones

F-22 and F-15E mishaps: two accidents, one cause. And not even drones are pilot's error-free

The U.S. Air Force has recently made available two Accident Investigation Board (AIB) reports about mishaps that have become somehow famous in the last year or so. Until the U.S.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 21, 2011
Captured Stealth Drone

Captured U.S. stealthy drone in Iran: the simplest solution solves the mystery

The solution to the mystery of the capture of the U.S. (once) most secret drone could be much simpler than everyone has speculated so far. Today's post on the topic…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 19, 2011
Captured Stealth Drone

Unknown hatch on captured U.S. stealth drone raises questions

The amout of contribution I receive each time I publish a blog post on the stealth drone now part of Iran's asset is amazing. For instance, yesterday, few minutes after…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 19, 2011
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