Iran Claims Shooting Down Two U.S.-Made RQ-11 Drones
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Iran on Wednesday said it had shot down two U.S.-made RQ-11 reconnaissance drones in the past 15 months, adding to a ScanEagle drone and RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft it already claims to have captured.
"The army's air defense shot down two... RQ-11 drones," Rear Admiral Amir Rastegari told state television and Fars news agency, adding that the army was carrying out "research" on the downed unmanned aircraft.
He said the first had been brought down in Shahrivar 1390 (August-September 2011) and the second in Aban 1391 (October-November 2012), but gave no details of their location.
He did not offer proof for the claim.
Iran has in the past claimed to have hunted down a number of U.S. drones, showing detailed images of the alleged spoils.
In December it said it had captured a small U.S. ScanEagle drone in its airspace above the Gulf, which the U.S. navy denied.
A year before that, it claimed to have captured a much bigger and more sophisticated CIA stealth drone, an RQ-170 Sentinel.
The AeroVironment RQ-11 type aircraft that Rastegari said had been shot down is a small, hand-launched and remote-controlled drone used by U.S. military intelligence, and has also been adopted by some US allies.
It has a range of over six miles (10 kilometers) and can fly at up to 60 miles (95 kilometers) per hour for 80 minutes.
Rastegari made the announcement after a six-day Iranian naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz, through which a third of the world's marketed oil passes.
Several surface-to-air missiles were fired as part of the maneuvers, according to Iranian media.
02 January 2013, 19:33
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And I wish I were as gullible as you farsi fanatics..
2 in the last 15 months--there is trouble in the homeland and they are trying to keep morale high, never mind the economy has gone to sh!t and the currency has lost 70% of its value in the last year..
02 January 2013, 20:24
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they pursued the course they charted and knew the consequences and now they are paying the price for it.
They can't even produce enough gasoline for their people--pretty pathetic, moreso because it is supposedly an OPEC country--why don't they use their 'scientific advancements' and find a way to do that?
02 January 2013, 20:54
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LMAO.....King FARSI the ASSistance aka BSThrower making judgement on intelligence! Your an ignorant peasant who feeds off being preached by prehistoric religious clergymen telling you what do, when to do and how to do it. Yallah when do we hear your usual wahabi this...wahabi that. Staring on the new Year like the usual mustool!
02 January 2013, 20:57
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You speak of GOD as if you have any clue of what God is all about. You are a kafir as are your HA terrorist! You have no God!
02 January 2013, 22:38
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The reason Saddam is not there, is to keep all the gulf countries on their knees begging for the US protection. Plus it was a payback for the sunnis, since they were the ones in the 9/11 attack not Iran.
03 January 2013, 00:10
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payback for sunnis? lol funny how you make something religious when it was all about money! i guess it s an M8 trend to make everything religious to better sell their soup and frighten people lol !!!
02 January 2013, 22:39
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We dont care about your stupid shooting down american drones. We dont care about your stupid resistance. We dont care about your backwards way of living. We dont care about your rotten revolution. We dont care about your culture of hate. Go to hell.
02 January 2013, 23:30
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FT.
Lebanon is as big as one neighborhood of teheran. plus we dont yet have oil money. so we cannot outdo them in technology.
Insofar as discipline is concerned, they can shove their hypocritic discipline where the sun does not shine. Iranian private orgiac parties are becoming notorious for the booze and sex.
Cultural preservation? They are killing the zoroastrians, christians can barely exist. they subside on hate. The retards have monolithically islamized every aspect of their once great civilization
Economy? let me laugh, with all of their oil, their economy is on the brink of bankrupcy.
Self sufficiency? hello? we are the 21st century. Hitler's policies are done. the name of the game is globalization.
Funny thing, i think u dont even admire them. But your brain likes to explore the other (nonobvious) side of things. (out of the box thinker). Appreciating GMA? I agree... But admiring Iran? preposterous!
02 January 2013, 22:59
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Bravo u dimwits... Haha we shot a drone... Haha we are sooooo advanced. I am haddoune I have been hiding under ground like a coward since 2006 and that is how I will spend my pathetic life... Take ur vitamin d and ur calcium hassoune...
02 January 2013, 23:53
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waw! how much hezbis and FPMers are defending iran!!! never saw any M14 here defend so ferociously KSA! lol!
see the difference sheep guys? hahaha!
03 January 2013, 00:44
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But honestly what does Nassy do in his deep bunker?.. U better hope he has lots of illegal dishes to watch tv from all over the world... Does his family live with him? ... And his relatives? Lololololiookololool
03 January 2013, 00:45
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Is it bcos not only Israel but a lot of Lebanese are thirsty for his head?
03 January 2013, 00:49
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My March 14 compatriots, on behalf of gabbaguybo, i.e. gabby13 the last time I checked, I say wait until the Iranians display proof. Don't just buy anything the Iranians say because every time they say something, gabbaguybo immediately rejects it as a fairy tale and challenges (can you believe what a tough cookie gabbaguybo is?) the Iranians to put up AND shut up! Unfortunately for gabbaguybo, the Iranians end up putting up BUT NOT shutting up. However, as gabbaguybo knows, the Iranians will be fi khabar kana as soon as the ASSad regime falls, and it will fall one of these days as Dr. Arreet 7akeh keeps predicting and gabbaguybo seconds him! Good luck, my compatriots.
03 January 2013, 00:54
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no need to go on any further! you won t see the resistance on this page again coz he cannot deny the facts you mentionned and it is bad for his propaganda!!!
or he ll come back and tell you it is all wahabi propaganda you are writing lol!
03 January 2013, 11:56
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you came just to insult it seems but nothing to counterargument as you know you are wrong so you insult like a little dog!
but ideas? none: it shows how weak minded you are....
