However, as The U.K. Sun reports, that same photo was used in a 2017 news report about a U.S. drone in the skies over Yemen.
Posted on 06/22/2019 2:22:41 PM PDT by SleeperCatcher
Evidence Iran has offered to ‘prove’ that an American RQ-4 Global Hawk drone was in its airspace when it was shot down this week is completely fraudulent.
In particular, a photo Iran has published supposedly showing the drone tumbling from the sky in flames to indicate where it was when it was targeted destroys any remaining credibility the Islamic republic had.
The state-run Islamic Republican News Agency published a photo of what the outlet claimed was the RQ-4 tumbling from the sky...
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Rinky no worky chief.
Oh, ok.
Since drive by poster didn’t do the post right.
They're not lying, they're recycling.
Humorous aside: did they claim their new air superiority fighter (that was not even a good mock up) shot it down?
However, as The U.K. Sun reports, that same photo was used in a 2017 news report about a U.S. drone in the skies over Yemen.
Global Hawk usually flies really high. This whole thing of a shoot down sounds bogus.
They still shot down the drone regardless of their typically mediocre propaganda about it.
And what happened to the electronics onboard??
The Navy version is designed to fly lower, below clouds for better observations.
Ukin “bet yer bippie” that stats were being sent right up until it got hit.....
The shoot down was over water, so the electronics are in the ocean.
“However, as The U.K. Sun reports, that same photo was used in a 2017 news report about a U.S. drone in the skies over Yemen.”
Don’t tell me Joe Biden is in cahoots with the mullahs in Iran, now too. What ELSE will he plagiarize?!
One report I saw claimed that these drones can loiter over a Target at around 100,000 ft.(?!) That’s almost 20 miles high. Do the ragheads have a SAM that can go that high?
The point is they shot it down over international airspace, not their territory as they claim.
RQ-4 Global Hawk Specifications:
Wingspan: 130.9 feet (39.9 meters)
Length: 47.6 feet (14.5 meters)
Height: 15.4 feet (4.7 meters)
Maximum Gross Takeoff Weight: 32,250 pounds (14,628 kg) Payload: 3,000 pounds (1,360 kg)
Ferry Range: 12,300 nm (22,780 km)
Maximum Altitude: 65,000 feet (19.8 km)
Loiter Velocity: 310 knots True Air Speed (TAS)
Maximum Endurance: 35hours, 24 hours time on station Sensors: Synthetic Aperture Radar, Electro-Optical, InfraredCommunications: Ku SATCOM Datalink, CDL LOS, UHF SATCOM/LOS, INMARSAT, ATC Voice, Secure Voice
Aircraft Type: Jet-powered Unmanned Air Vehicle
Power Plant: Rolls Royce AE3007H turbofan engine
https://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/RQ4Block20GlobalHawk/Documents/HALE_Factsheet.pdf
“The S-75 (Russian: NATO reporting name SA-2 Guideline) is a Soviet-designed, high-altitude air defence system, built around a surface-to-air missile with command guidance. Following its first deployment in 1957 it became one of the most widely deployed air defence systems in history. It scored the first destruction of an enemy aircraft by a surface-to-air missile, with the shooting down of a Taiwanese Martin RB-57D Canberra over China on 7 October 1959 that was hit by a salvo of three V-750 (1D) missiles at an altitude of 20 km (65,600 ft).”
Flight altitude 25,000 m (82,000 ft)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-75_Dvina
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