Posted on 09/01/2008 2:42:34 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
According to reports in the newspaper De Telegraaf, the country's intelligence service, the AIVD, has stopped an espionage operation aimed at infiltration and sabotage of the weapons industry in Iran.
"The operation, described as extremely successful, was halted recently in connection with plans for an impending US air attack on Iran," said the report.
"Targets would also be bombed which were connected with the Dutch espionage action."
"Well placed" sources told the paper that a top agent had been recalled recently "because the US was thought to be making a decision within weeks to attack Iran with unmanned aircraft".
"Information from the AIVD operation has in recent years been shared with the American CIA secret service."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV)
Wow, are we impending another attack again? ;’) Thanks Ernest.
Let’s make it nuclear. Okay, I’m kidding. Sort of.
Another (big) reason Russia invaded Georgia and South Ossetia is their expectation that we’re about to dismantle the mullahcracy and liberate Iran.
Dutch Pull Spies On Iran Attack Fears
Press TV | August 30, 2008
Posted on 08/30/2008 6:17:56 AM PDT by Strategy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071162/posts
I don’t think those have been used in combat yet...as in, they are still in the developmental stage. Feel free to correct if I’m wrong, but even if they were combat ready, what sort of weapons could they carry?
The Israelis and the US Government have used a version of the vehicle when taking out high value targets. This vehicle has the capability to linger in excess of 24 hours watching developments on the ground. The X-45 is still in development while the Predator and Global Hawk have been operational for a while. I believe that the Israeli version is called Hermes.
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