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Marie26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-14-06 09:45 PM
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46. Looks like Iran does
Mohajer (UAV)

Iran's UAV program was launched in the wake of the 1980-88 war with Iraq. Iran has also been investing in several families of attack and multirole UAV. Over the years, Iranian officials have reported the deployment of target drones and such UAVs as the Mohajer-3
On November 7, 2004, Hizbollah, an Islamic militant organization with close ties to Iran, flew the Mohajer-4 over northern Israel for approximately 5 minutes. The UAV entered Israeli airspace at more than 100 knots and an altitude of about 1,000 feet. After briefly flying over the seaside city of Nahariya, the UAV fell into the sea as it returned to Lebanon. An embarassment for the Israeli government, the overflight proved to be a symbolic success for Hizbollah, which claimed the flight to be an appropriate response to Israeli incursions over Lebanon.

The prominent London-based Arab daily newspaper Ash-Sharq Al- Awsat quoted an unnamed senior officer with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards as saying Iran has sold 8 Mohajer-4s to Hizbollah.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/mohaj...
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  -BREAKING: FOUR MISSING AFTER ATTACK ON WARSHIP WITH EXPLOSIVES-LADEN DRONE gp  Jul-14-06 03:06 PM   #0 
  - Naturally.  Bornaginhooligan   Jul-14-06 03:06 PM   #1 
  - Indeed. They only seem to be open about their civilian dead which...  Poll_Blind   Jul-14-06 03:08 PM   #4 
  - Israel first reported the ship wasn't hit  Tempest   Jul-14-06 03:07 PM   #2 
  - well, I would take Al-Jazeera's word with a grain of salt  northernsoul   Jul-14-06 03:09 PM   #5 
  - Ynet is reporting it too and is an Israeli news outlet n/t  gp   Jul-14-06 03:10 PM   #8 
  - Then watch LBC America n/t  malaise   Jul-14-06 03:10 PM   #9 
  - And yet Al-Jazeera has been the most accurate source in Iraq  Tempest   Jul-14-06 03:13 PM   #12 
  - I second your opinion.  Straight Shooter   Jul-14-06 04:39 PM   #38 
  - Al-Jazeera is probably as accurate as the US media is  Robbien   Jul-14-06 03:14 PM   #13 
  - Who is the most accurate on Iraq news??????  amBushed   Jul-14-06 03:18 PM   #18 
  - Wasn't AlJazeera founded by former Middle East BBC reporters? n/t  CottonBear   Jul-14-06 03:30 PM   #24 
  - Al Jazeera was founded by the Emir of Qatar  Tempest   Jul-14-06 03:40 PM   #29 
  - That is why Bush wanted to bomb  lumpy   Jul-14-06 09:59 PM   #47 
  - Now been broadcast on BBC News on TV in UK  edwardlindy   Jul-14-06 03:53 PM   #36 
  - Israel does not move in a hurry to disclose military losses. n/t  Poll_Blind   Jul-14-06 03:10 PM   #6 
  - Why not? They were quick to announce & reataliate for the 2 kidnapped?  Pachamama   Jul-14-06 06:11 PM   #41 
  - They said minor damage  malaise   Jul-14-06 03:12 PM   #11 
  - Hizbullah leader promised to attack the ships...  ihaam   Jul-14-06 03:08 PM   #3 
  - When you bomb an international airport  malaise   Jul-14-06 03:11 PM   #10 
  - So is it going to sink or what? (nt)  Drewskie   Jul-14-06 03:10 PM   #7 
  - It's on CNN right now  NickB79   Jul-14-06 03:14 PM   #14 
  - Haaretz says "explosives-laden drone"  Kagemusha   Jul-14-06 03:16 PM   #16 
  - Was the warship docked in port? Or was it 3,000 miles out to sea? nt  bananas   Jul-14-06 03:16 PM   #17 
  - Israel's naval blockading Lebanon in addition to airport attacks  Kagemusha   Jul-14-06 03:26 PM   #21 
  - I thought the idea of battle was to  edwardlindy   Jul-14-06 03:18 PM   #19 
  - Ha'aretz's crawler  igil   Jul-14-06 03:27 PM   #22 
  - funny, CNN says ship was only slightly damaged, and only mentions  Raydawg1234   Jul-14-06 03:44 PM   #32 
     - Israel initially reported it was slightly damaged  ihaam   Jul-14-06 03:51 PM   #35 
  - this is confirmed by Haaretz and Iraq gets involved !  tocqueville   Jul-14-06 03:16 PM   #15 
  - HAARETZ UPDATE: Explosives-laden drone seriously damages Israel Navy  gp   Jul-14-06 03:25 PM   #20 
  - Why not link directly to AlJazera? Here you go: a link to the web site:  CottonBear   Jul-14-06 03:28 PM   #23 
  - They have nothing on the ship (nt)  Drewskie   Jul-14-06 03:32 PM   #26 
     - I just checked. You are correct. Perhaps they will have a report soon.  CottonBear   Jul-14-06 03:34 PM   #27 
  - Wow  Marie26   Jul-14-06 03:32 PM   #25 
  - What are drones? with explosives?  Nimrod2005   Jul-14-06 03:38 PM   #28 
  - AFAIK  Marie26   Jul-14-06 03:43 PM   #31 
  - You can call a lot of things a "drone"...  Kagemusha   Jul-14-06 03:43 PM   #30 
  - If the Lebanese military jumps in, it would be to go against Hizballah...  Nimrod2005   Jul-14-06 04:13 PM   #37 
  - If the Lebanese military  Marie26   Jul-14-06 07:56 PM   #44 
     - It's a rhetorical question (by Israel) justifying the offensive.  Kagemusha   Jul-14-06 07:59 PM   #45 
        - Sort of like  Marie26   Jul-15-06 01:45 PM   #49 
  - What Lebanese military?  Tempest   Jul-14-06 03:47 PM   #33 
  - I don't get this drone thing as well...where do they purchase drones?  medeak   Jul-14-06 04:40 PM   #39 
     - Radio Shack?  htuttle   Jul-14-06 04:41 PM   #40 
     - The black market?  Marie26   Jul-14-06 07:55 PM   #43 
        - Looks like Iran does  Marie26   Jul-14-06 09:45 PM   #46 
  - This was probably a lucky shot with one of those home made rockets.  FUGW   Jul-14-06 03:48 PM   #34 
  - I thought the DRONE was in Russia!  Hubert Flottz   Jul-14-06 06:17 PM   #42 
  - We Have Many Drones Here Tonight  stepnw1f   Jul-14-06 10:01 PM   #48 
 

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