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Report: Remote controlled machine gun used in Iranian assassination (Original Post) Bradshaw3 Nov 2020 OP
A video in the below article on Turkey's machine gun drone bronxiteforever Nov 2020 #1
The one in the attack was mounted on a car Bradshaw3 Nov 2020 #2
Songar has a range of 10 kilometers. bronxiteforever Nov 2020 #4
Weren't they saying a couple days ago that motorcyclists attached bombs to the car(s)? nt sweetloukillbot Nov 2020 #3
Wow. The explanations are all over the place. Wasn't it just yesterday it was 16 dudes on yellowcanine Nov 2020 #5
Original source was Iranian Bradshaw3 Nov 2020 #6

bronxiteforever

(9,325 posts)
1. A video in the below article on Turkey's machine gun drone
Mon Nov 30, 2020, 09:58 AM
Nov 2020

Turkey’s New Drone Comes With a Machine Gun
Turkey has unveiled a new drone, the Songar.
Songar is Turkey’s first armed drone and is equipped with an onboard machine gun.
The drone is advertised as a defensive weapon but could be used offensively.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a30212669/turkey-machine-gun-drone/

Bradshaw3

(7,962 posts)
2. The one in the attack was mounted on a car
Mon Nov 30, 2020, 10:18 AM
Nov 2020

It probably could have been retro-fitted from the one used in drones.

bronxiteforever

(9,325 posts)
4. Songar has a range of 10 kilometers.
Mon Nov 30, 2020, 10:34 AM
Nov 2020

Drones are extremely hard to stop. There is a concern that armed groups could copy the technology and produce their own improvised versions, says Robert Bunker at the US Army’s Strategic Studies Institute in Pennsylvania.

Songar may also open up new uses for drones, says Bunker. For example, he says that machine-gun drones could lay down suppressive fire to keep defenders’ heads down while other drones carry out attacks on more substantial targets such as infrastructure or vehicles.


Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2227168-turkey-is-getting-military-drones-armed-with-machine-guns/#ixzz6fICdFX8G

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