America a UAV was shot down in Pakistan, the Taliban seized the wreckage of
Date:2012-02-29Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0
data for: the U.S. Air Force MQ- 9 armed unmanned aircraft fired a Hellfire missile, although the article did not mention the unmanned aerial vehicles who shot down, but the equipment of the Taliban shot down the possibility of such high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles lower.
[According to the Russian Tass news agency reported on February 27, 2012] February 25, the U.S. military of a UAV was shot down in Pakistan and Pakistani reconnaissance sector has confirmed the news and that UAVs were shot down at Pakistan’s North Waziristan province, about 20 km away from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. No exact information has confirmed that the UAV is hit by ground fire, the wreckage in the hands of the local Taliban.
professionals have pointed out, the UAV was shot down is likely to be the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles, is one of the U.S. Air Force’s unmanned combat aircraft. The UAV is developed on the basis of the MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicles, and completed the first flight in 2001, the U.S. Air Force in 2007. U.S. troops deployment in Pakistan, the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles both reconnaissance missions, but also to combat the use of airborne weapons according to the instructions of the control center of the target. The UAV can be hung on a variety of weapons, including the AGM-114 Hellfire II and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, GBU-12 “Paveway II laser-guided bombs and The GBU-38″ Jie Damu ” Joint Direct Attack Munition.
(Northern Science and Technology Information Institute, Wang Dongmei)
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