Iran Fired On A Drone On November 1, And It Was Never Reported
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It was intercepted by a Su-25 Frogfoot. They're the Soviet version of the A-10. Not designed for air-to-air combat.
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Its not like drone was designed for air to air either, in fact it should be nothing more than target practice with limited movablity.
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Its not like drone was designed for air to air either, in fact it should be nothing more than target practice with limited movablity.
Its not like drone was designed for air to air either, in fact it should be nothing more than target practice with limited movablity.
Uh. Duh.
If I had to guess, the drone's evasive capabilities would just be some sort of ess-weave pattern. I imagine that there is some delay between the operator's input and the drone's action. Its lack of speed may have actually been to its advantage. The Su-25 can be outfitted with air-to-air missiles, but typically it's for a defensive role (ie. get a shot off if you have a chance). I would bet that the Su-25 made one pass with guns and that was it. If that's the case, the slow speed of the drone may actually be to its advantage. Furthermore, if you're the Iranian pilot, and you start buzzing our drones, you'd better expect that a few F/A-18's are going to be headed your way if you stick around for too long. So the pilot probably just took a pass, missed, and turned for home.
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Shit man, do you work at Area 51 or something?
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I cannot answer that.
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Med student my ass
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I was this close to going to the USAFA with the ultimate goal of becoming a fighter pilot. Luckily for me, I realized how big a problem I had with authority. That, compounded with the budget cuts for the F/A-22 and F-35 makes me think I played the numbers well.
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God. They can't cut the numbers for those planes fast enough. What a boondoggle.
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Common you guys, you know Michelle Malkin is hot. She even wakes up this old guy, lol.
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Great. VApor now thinks he saved America by NOT being a fighter pilot,
and heckbunker leechboy doesn't know that the drone was ALWAYS
in INTERNATIONAL AIRSPACE.
missing any AAA meetings, heckbunker?
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Meh asians do nothing for me.
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Great. VApor now thinks he saved America by NOT being a fighter pilot,
and heckbunker leechboy doesn't know that the drone was ALWAYS
in INTERNATIONAL AIRSPACE.
missing any AAA meetings, heckbunker?
Great. VApor now thinks he saved America by NOT being a fighter pilot,
and heckbunker leechboy doesn't know that the drone was ALWAYS
in INTERNATIONAL AIRSPACE.
missing any AAA meetings, heckbunker?
lol, I saved nothing except my own sanity. I would haaaate being in the military.
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Vapor its really not that bad. You might find you'd like it more than you think. I personally had more fun in tech school in the air force than anywhere. Keesler was fun. And the authority is really not all that oppressive
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Cysko is right -
except for the story of my famous bike ride at Keesler AFB. Maybe Cysko heard the legend...@@ (eh... probably happened way too many years early for them
to keep telling the story....)
Now, basic at Lackland - that was tough authority....except I knew it was just a test...for weeks, and kept having to do pushups for grinning
at the TI like Gomer Pyle...
I couldn't help it ..... Reyes was really funny....
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Here you go, Diehard:
Here you go, Diehard:
Heck, I'm shocked.
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Here you go, Diehard:
Heck, I'm shocked.
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