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U.S. MQ-9 crashes at Mahe, Seychelles. Not a good period for America's robot war

News agencies are reporting that a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper crashed today at the Seychelles International Airport in Mahe. The cause of the crash is unknown and under investigation but the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 13, 2011
Captured Stealth Drone

How many U.S. stealthy drones were actually lost in Iran? New theories about the "downed" RQ-170 surface

Iran will clone and maybe improve the U.S. RQ-170 drone captured on Dec. 4, during a surveillance mission inside the Iranian airspace. One of the few certain facts is that…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 12, 2011
Military Aviation

Typhoon’s super sci-fi helmet: a (supposedly) unnecessary extra feature on the F-22

When I first saw this picture (taken by contributor Nicola Ruffino), I immediately thought that the Eurofighter Typhoon's Helmet Mounted Symbology System (HMSS), is not only quite advanced, if compared…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 12, 2011
Captured Stealth Drone

Updated: Iranian newspaper ads makes fun of Lockheed Martin after U.S. stealth drone capture but video showing alleged Sentinel is a doctored LM Polecat promo

The mysterious episode that led to the capture of the U.S. stealthy drone has been on the pages of the newspapers all around the world. On Dec. 10, the Iranian…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 11, 2011
Captured Stealth Drone

"This is the school in Iran where the captured U.S. stealthy drone is hidden" source says. Maybe.

According to "CalebS" a very well informed source of this website who has already provided valuable advice to study the high resolution pictures released yesterday by the Iranian Republic Guard,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 9, 2011
Aviation

Captured U.S. stealth drone: let's analyze the latest pictures. Real robot with few foam parts? Last hope: a trojan horse

As some U-2 spyplanes are landing in RAF Fairford on their way to some Middle East forward operating base (to undertake some reconnaissance missions over Iran, replacing the RQ-170 drone?),…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 9, 2011
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