Crazy Snap Captain Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 (edited) BBC Article Includes vid of drone being taken out. Anyone know what took it out? Looks like a Viper in the vid. Edited October 7, 2012 by Crazy Snap Captain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Williams Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Agreed, it looks like an F-16. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Netz Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I wonder why they wasted a missile on it, he could have gunned it and they would have possibly had bigger pieces left to examine. Curt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 Good point although article says that they flew next to it for a while. Probably all the recon they needed. Having said that, missiles are a tad more exy than a few rounds I suppose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 They waited to shoot it down til it was over an unpopulated area. I suppose as extra security measure they decided to use missile. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Interesting to see who the owner was, and what tail # eventually end up with the kill marking :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 CNN said in their crawling head (and I quote, exactly): "Origen of drone unknown" CNN's speelchecher apparantly doesnt work :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Apparently it was Iranian and launched from Lebanon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Knight of twin tail Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 My linkIsraeli Air Force official web page said that it's a F-16I Sufa. Hope to se the tail number and kill marking picture soon, I can't wait any longer to biuld a model of this jet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Postman623 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Got a little close to the debris cloud on that one... glad that bird didnt eat something... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaiidanTomcat Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 That video was a lot more explodey than I thought it would be. I owe hollywood an apology Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zerosystem Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 That video was a lot more explodey than I thought it would be. I owe hollywood an apology i'm sure when Michael Bay gets to this post, he'll be happy to hear that... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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