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dixiegrrrrl

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20. News story from last year says Iran has drones...long range ones. Or at least...one.

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #9)

Thu Feb 7, 2013, 10:03 PM

Feb 2013

TEHRAN, Iran -- A senior Iranian commander says the country's newly-produced missile-carrying drone has a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles), which puts much of the Middle East within operating distance of Iranian territory.

The Monday report by the semiofficial Fars agency quoted Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who is aerospace chief of the powerful Revolutionary Guards.

His description of the aircraft, which Iran first announced last week, is like that of the American RQ-170 Sentinel, one of which went down in Iranian territory last year. Iran said it was building a copy of the RQ-170 in April.
Link, with pic:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/iran-new-drone_n_1910738.html

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CNN just reported [View all] dgibby Feb 2013 OP

Uh oh! They might learn what Iran looks like from the air. cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #1

You can view some of the footage here: Poll_Blind Feb 2013 #2

Thanks, P.B. dgibby Feb 2013 #5

If they didn't get it from us, they'd get it from the Chinese. GoCubsGo Feb 2013 #9

News story from last year says Iran has drones...long range ones. Or at least...one. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #20

Those pictures on the ground don't look real. I don't think they are real. What are those politicaljunkie41910 Feb 2013 #18

hhhahha, it doesn't change anything JI7 Feb 2013 #3

they might be able to decode scrambled porn on pay per view now. Stand back. TeamPooka Feb 2013 #4

How do you know about that? Berlum Feb 2013 #7

Republican Guard, not Republican. Don't get them confused even though they act the same. TeamPooka Feb 2013 #8

Were the WMD storage sites ever at risk? TheCowsCameHome Feb 2013 #6

The ones in Iraq that didn't exist? dgibby Feb 2013 #10

I got my Ira* countries mixed up TheCowsCameHome Feb 2013 #17

LOL! dgibby Feb 2013 #19

LBN thread about this OKNancy Feb 2013 #11

Thanks! n/t dgibby Feb 2013 #12

I don't get why it is a game changer quinnox Feb 2013 #13

They've got the drone. dgibby Feb 2013 #15

How exactly is the footage of a US Army base in Afghanistan a "game changer"?.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #14

Game changer if they get the technology to replicate the drone. dgibby Feb 2013 #16

You do know we have the technology to fry the electronics of any flying aircraft, don't you?.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #21