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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
Captured Stealth Drone

Exclusive: first high-resolution close-up pictures of the stealth drone in Iran. With signs of belly landing.

We got the first high-rez images of the stealth drone captured by Iran. After reading my previous article about the RQ-170 seized by Iran (Breaking: Iran news agency releases first…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 8, 2011
Captured Stealth Drone

Breaking: Iran news agency releases first images of captured U.S. stealthy drone

Here they are. The first images released by an Iran news agency of what should be the U.S. RQ-170 drone crash landed in Iran on Sunday. Noteworthy, the drone wears…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 8, 2011
Captured Stealth Drone

Stealthy drone crash in Iran update: "The recovery team couldn’t find it to blow it up" source says

Even if official sources have already confirmed that a (stealthy) US robot was lost, it is still unclear whether the RQ-170's mission took it over Iran where it was downed/crash…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 7, 2011
Military Aviation

‘I’d rather go to war in a Typhoon than in an F-18 (Super) Hornet’ Aussie exchange pilot says

"I'd rather go to war in a Typhoon than in a F-18 Hornet". This alleged Australian exchange pilot's statement is one of the most interesting outcomes (and marketing slogans) of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 5, 2011
Captured Stealth Drone

Iran seizes a U.S. Stealth Drone by taking over controls. Maybe… And what about that Predator virus?

According to the Iranian Fars news agency, on Dec. 4, Iran's army downed a U.S. remotely controlled spyplane, along the country’s eastern border. Although no image of the wreckage was…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 4, 2011
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