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Iran's electronic warfare unit downed advanced US stealth drone
An American RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned reconnaissance aircraft (Press TV)
by Joseph Ernest December 7, 2011
Newscast Media HOUSTON, Texas — An Iranian military official confirmed that the country's forces downed a US RQ-170 Sentinel drone over the eastern part of the country. "An advanced RQ-170 unmanned American spy plane was shot down by Iran's armed forces. It suffered minor damage and is now in possession of Iran's armed forces," the official said. The drone had been downed with help from the Iranian military's electronic warfare unit.
In similar remarks, military sources told Iran's Arabic language Al Alam
television that Tehran will intensify its response to the United
States' spying operations.
"The Iranian military's response to the American spy drone's
violation of our airspace will not be limited to Iran's borders any
more," a military source told Al Alam, without giving details.
Tehran has focused part of its military strategy on producing drones for reconnaissance and attacking purposes.
Iran announced three years ago it had built an unmanned aircraft with a range of more than 600 miles far enough to reach Israel.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled Iran's first domestically
built unmanned bomber aircraft in August 2010, calling it an "ambassador
of death" to Iran's enemies.
After a day of silence, both Pentagon and NATO officials acknowledged the shooting down of their Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in eastern Iran. Neither the U.S. Air Force nor manufacturer Lockheed Martin has released much information about the plane, dubbed "The Beast of Kandahar". Add Comments>>
Source: FARS New Agency - Tehran
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