[Dutchgirl]

I hadn't heard about them shooting down their own drones...

[Yo-Yo]

I doubt they could if they tried.

[hometoroost]

I wonder how many of thier own were injured from the AK rounds fired in the air in celebration?

[MplsSteve]

“Is Estes the prime contractor?” asked one blogger on an aviation website, referring to the Colorado-based model-rocket maker loved by teenage boys since 1958.”

LOL!

[dead]

You can probably buy something better at Radio Shack, but you’ll have to give them your name, address and phone number even if you pay cash.

[coaltrain]

I give it two thumbs up just for it’s name.

I would change my band’s name to “Ambassadors of Death”, except I don’t have a band.

[GonzoGOP]

It might have some use as a harassment weapon against our troops in Afghanistan. Look at it this way the think is small and relatively cheap and easy to build. You don't care if you lose it. So you send them at our bases and force us to expend multi million dollar Patriot SAMs to shoot them down. Or tie down squadrons of fighters, that very much need to be someplace else, to go up and shoot them down air to air.

The V-1 wasn't much of a missile. Only a small percentage reached their targets. But because of the V-1 threat the Brits couldn't deploy their jets into combat against the German ME-262 since all of the Meteors were tied down in England shooting down V-1s.

A weapon does not have to hit its target to be effective. In merely has to force the enemy to change their behavior or expend an inordinate amount of resources to counter it.

[GreenHornet]

How Effective Is Ahmadinejad's New Drone?

I thought this was going to be a question about Barack Obama.

[Americanexpat]

If it does work that does not mean that Isreal is the target, the target could be bahgdad, or US Bases in Iraq or Afghanistan, as well as Irans other neighbors.

[gandalftb]

These weapons are all about the Iranian potential for closing the straits of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf in case there would ever be a threat of an oil sales embargo on Iran.

Iran wants a shore to ship missile threat to challenge the dominance of our Navy.

Of far greater note is Iran’s recently tested Qiam missile. In it they tested a new guidance system eventually intended for their Sejil missile system.

The Qiam is a modified Scud...with no fins for guidance. That means it can be housed in a silo or container or sub.......

[DustyMoment]

...According to a piece by Michael Ledeen in the Wall Street Journal, the Iranian air force securing the site of the controversial Bushehr nuclear reactor recently shot down what it thought were three enemy drones. The drones had been deployed by another sector of the Iranian military - but no one had bothered to tell the country's air force about the project...

So, Ahm-A-Nutjob is actually the Iranian code name for the 3 stooges!! Or, at the very least, the head of their "air force"!!

[GunningForTheBuddha]

How Effective Is Ahmadinejad's New Drone?

I dunno it looked pretty effective when they used it to rescue Dale Arden from the clutches of Ming the Merciless.

[freeangel]

“which is still short of reaching Israel”

No worries. It will land on the heads of muslims who will still blame Israel for the “attack”.

[odds]

>>>”Iran: How Effective Is Ahmadinejad’s New Drone? (A: It’s lame.)”

It is Not Ahmadinejad’s New Drone. It is the Islamic Regime’s New Drone (aka IRI).

Ahmadinejad is the front man, Not the the Head of State, nor the Constitution of IRI.

[Tommyjo]

It is simply one way of extending their air force. Crude yes, but produced in numbers it can be used to saturate a target. They have already exhibited it carrying their Kowsar anti-ship missiles.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/5922823/Irans-Asymmetric-Naval-Warfare

Their only aim if attacked is to lash out. They have enough anti-ship missiles to cause a real head-ache for any naval force deployed. That is why they have geared their forces for this type of saturation attack in an attempt to close the straits of Hormuz and inflict damage to a US/Coalition target.