Report: Remote controlled machine gun used in Iranian assassination

Methinks someone watched the Breaking Bad finale:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/30/iran-says-nuclear-scientist-killed-by-remote-controlled-device

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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

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Mon Nov 30, 2020, 10:58 AM

bronxiteforever (8,596 posts)

1. A video in the below article on Turkey's machine gun drone

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/

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Mon Nov 30, 2020, 11:18 AM

Bradshaw3 (6,889 posts)

2. The one in the attack was mounted on a car

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

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Mon Nov 30, 2020, 11:34 AM

bronxiteforever (8,596 posts)

4. Songar has a range of 10 kilometers.

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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Mon Nov 30, 2020, 11:19 AM

sweetloukillbot (8,698 posts)