7 hours ago, Jingthing said:

When in doubt make everything about Israinl. So predictable.

Not sure what you mean?

 

Are you suggesting that Israel's fighting forces are second to others In the middle east?

4 hours ago, MiKT said:

I do love how the anti-drone mob whine about them being "unsporting" to terrorists and their families and how they stoke terrorist feelings, etc. How much better would it be to carpet bomb them instead of precision targeting individual bad guys?

 

I missed this bit so looked back on the thread. Where does anyone make any mention of anything that they would be identified as 'the anti-drone mob'?

4 hours ago, MiKT said:

I do love how the anti-drone mob whine about them being "unsporting" to terrorists and their families and how they stoke terrorist feelings, etc. How much better would it be to carpet bomb them instead of precision targeting individual bad guys?

 

I missed this bit so looked back on the thread. Where does anyone make any mention of anything that they would be identified as 'the anti-drone mob'?

He did not say anything about this particular thread. There certainly is an "anti-drone" mob that posts on others.

I'm a member of that club . btw , loved it when in "24"  season 9 , they used the drones against the US (and UK). ( and yes I know it's fiction) ...but if only...

 

Reverse enginering this drone may help them too , to take on the other types of drones .

23 hours ago, rooster59 said:

a new attack drone which is similar to a US unmanned aerial vehicle captured five years ago

Iran could have instead simply purchased a CH-4 Chinese built UAV. Iraq used it in 2015 for use against Ramadi ISIL targets. http://www.popsci.com/iraqs-new-chinese-armed-drone-draws-first-blood

 

As to whether Iran has duplicated or reverse engineered the US military capabilities of the alleged capture intact of a RQ-170 Sentinel stealth drone (not to mention a dedicated GPS satellite system) is questionable: https://www.jasadvisors.com/iran-hijacked-us-rq-170-sentinel-drone-with-gps-hack-not-likely/

 

1 hour ago, Srikcir said:

Iran could have instead simply purchased a CH-4 Chinese built UAV. Iraq used it in 2015 for use against Ramadi ISIL targets. http://www.popsci.com/iraqs-new-chinese-armed-drone-draws-first-blood

 

As to whether Iran has duplicated or reverse engineered the US military capabilities of the alleged capture intact of a RQ-170 Sentinel stealth drone (not to mention a dedicated GPS satellite system) is questionable: https://www.jasadvisors.com/iran-hijacked-us-rq-170-sentinel-drone-with-gps-hack-not-likely/

 

Not only that but if these radical countries think they have seen the best western arms they are sadly mistaken. With the amount of money the US spends on arms, I doubt they have shown their A game.

23 hours ago, Grouse said:

They may have copied it but have they coloured it in?

 

What?! You don't think Iran has colour copy machines by now?

1 hour ago, Grubster said:

Not only that but if these radical countries think they have seen the best western arms they are sadly mistaken. With the amount of money the US spends on arms, I doubt they have shown their A game.

 

The US is spending serious money on lasers.  The Iranian drone-clones will be great for target practice.

 

 

27 minutes ago, rijb said:

 

The US is spending serious money on lasers.  The Iranian drone-clones will be great for target practice.

 

 

Zap, What the hell was that? Ha Ha

Judgement Day comes a little closer, or so my T-800 tells me.

5 hours ago, rijb said:

 

The US is spending serious money on lasers.  The Iranian drone-clones will be great for target practice.

 

 

The US is currently develping small UAV swarms that can overwhelm surface to air and air to air defenses. A B-2, B-52 might be designed to carry hundrdeds of mini-UAV's.

http://www.defensetech.org/2016/01/04/u-s-navy-plans-to-fly-first-drone-swarm-this-summer/

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/drone-swarms-change-warfare

 

17 hours ago, Andaman Al said:

 

I missed this bit so looked back on the thread. Where does anyone make any mention of anything that they would be identified as 'the anti-drone mob'?

 

1. Please read carefully I will only say this once, "I was making a general statement, but post #14 probably covers it".

 

2. Plenty of GPS signals that can be picked-up by anyone with the right kit.

 

3. For sure the US will molligate anything like this sent against it, but they might help the Iranians to give ISIS an extra kick up the .....

 

Also it might help  to cut-down the number of defenseless little children the Iranians send in to clear the minefields before the troops go in - as they did against Sadams Iraq.