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Thursday, June 20, 2019
That US drone the Iranians shot down
The TV news shows a picture of a sizable airplane shaped drone,single engined, jet powered. I didn't catch the name. Too big to be a Predator. They say it has the wing span of a 737 jet liner, and a price, $180 million, that would buy us a new 737. Seems a bit much for a single engine sub sonic aircraft, with no cockpit, no pressurization, no manual flight controls, no cockpit windows. Granted such a beast needs an autopilot fancier than most, some high powered camera's and a telemetry transmitter to send the photos back to base. But I would expect a photo recon drone to cost less than an airliner. A lot less.
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