Long range, low level, silent, stealthy, persistent, and hand launched: certainly useful attributes in a drone. No doubt many platforms are busy in the skies in and around Iran at the moment. Could some of them be pretending to be and flying like birds? Back in August 2011 a bird shaped drone crash landed at Chaman, Pakistan just over the border from Afghanistan. Electrically powered and with what were reported as two cameras on board.Witnesses in Chaman said that the aircraft was in the air from at least 17h00 and remained circling for two hours coming down at around 19h00. Perhaps it was limping home from points unknown and loitered waiting for friendlies to come closer and retrieve it. Its not the first time bird like drones have been proposed. CIA Project Aquiline sought to create a low flying platform to go and have a look at a strange new aircraft flying in the Caspian Sea and at Chinese nuclear ambitions. Over 40 years ago, McDonald Douglas built several six foot wingspan bird shaped platforms. They were test flown at Groom Lake, Area 51. There are no known images of the actual platform,( its too secret!) There are a couple […]
Are drones silently soaring over Iran?
Are drones silently soaring over Iran?
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