[QUOTE](CNN) -- The Israeli air force shot down an unmanned drone Saturday over the northern Negev desert, the nation's military said.
The Israeli Defense Forces said the drone was spotted before entering Israeli airspace. Ground troops and fighter jets kept the drone under surveillance until shooting it down around 10 a.m. Saturday over the Yatir Forest, the IDF said.
Soldiers were searching the area for remnants of the drone, the IDF said.
It is not clear where the drone originated, but the aircraft entered Israeli airspace from the west, the IDF said.
The Negev is in southern Israel, with Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip and the Mediterranean Sea to the west.[/QUOTE]
Do the Egyptians have drones? Somebody look this up.
[URL="http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/06/world/meast/israel-drone-downed/index.html?hpt=hp_t2"]CNN[/URL]
[QUOTE=Disotrtion;37934735]Do the Egyptians have drones? Somebody look this up.
[URL="http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/06/world/meast/israel-drone-downed/index.html?hpt=hp_t2"]CNN[/URL][/QUOTE]
Yep, about 125 of them.
Egypt has about 100 UAV's according to [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Air_Force#Aircraft_Inventory[/url]
but Iran also announced it was building long range UAV's, and Hezbollah has had shorter range Iranian UAV's for years. Its anybodies guess since you have Lebanon to the North and Egypt to the south-west.
I'm going to wager on it being a Egyptian UAV, although it could have been a naval UAV .. who knows.
I just hope they bury the poor drone's body in its home country.
Think of his three quadrocopter children, missing their daddy.
My guess
Iron Man
[QUOTE=Disotrtion;37934884]My guess
Iron Man[/QUOTE]
He wouldn't have been shot down.
One thing's for sure, if it's a US drone we're never gonna know where it was from. That or they'll blame it on the Egyptians.
[QUOTE=-Get_A_Life-;37934974]One thing's for sure, if it's a US drone we're never gonna know where it was from. That or they'll blame it on the Egyptians.[/QUOTE]
Why blame the Egyptians when they want to go to war with Iran?
Brilliant news. Nobody cares..... How is this Sensationalist?
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[QUOTE=Seith;37934992]Brilliant news. Nobody cares..... How is this Sensationalist?[/QUOTE]
What?
[QUOTE=Seith;37934992]Brilliant news. Nobody cares..... How is this Sensationalist?[/QUOTE]
Slow sensationalist news day, there's not much to play up as being important as it mostly seems to actually BE important.
There is that one article about some American politician who plays WoW though.
[QUOTE=DaysBefore;37934849]Yep, about 125 of them.[/QUOTE]
124 now, you mean.
[QUOTE=DaysBefore;37934849]Yep, about 125 of them.[/QUOTE]
Edit only 124 :P
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cnYvMC2fCo[/media]
This is truly a dark day.
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Give it a little time, it works
It says that the drone came from the west, so I think it is unlikely to be Iran's unless it went the long way around before going into Israeli airspace.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;37934990]Why blame the Egyptians when they want to go to war with Iran?[/QUOTE]
As in, Israel would blame it on the Egyptians, they don't really have a history of smoking joints together while dancing hands to hands.
And it wouldn't be the first time Israel shat on US interests while the White House doesn't react.
can't wait for fox news to say this is why we need to stop iran and/or egypt, call all brown people terrorists, and then completely ignore the fact that the US sends drones into other countries all the time
[QUOTE=-Get_A_Life-;37935531]As in, Israel would blame it on the Egyptians, they don't really have a history of smoking joints together while dancing hands to hands.
And it wouldn't be the first time Israel shat on US interests while the White House doesn't react.[/QUOTE]
Though they've had a rocky history, Egypt has been one of the better of neighbors in recent history.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;37935746]Though they've had a rocky history, Egypt has been one of the better of neighbors in recent history.[/QUOTE]
They shouldn't though, and now that Mubarak is ousted the people might have something to say about Israel's past bullshit.
[QUOTE=Satane;37935918]so if you fly model airplanes in israel, they shoot them down[/QUOTE]
Israel: Iranian UAV has been shot down (we hired an Iranian to fly his RC plane). :v:
[QUOTE=JerryK;37935618]can't wait for fox news to say this is why we need to stop iran and/or egypt, call all brown people terrorists, and then completely ignore the fact that the US sends drones into other countries all the time[/QUOTE]
I cant wait for the day when people on this forum stop coming up with stupid as shit theoretical headlines from fox news.
This isn't an Egyptian drone. It was probably flown in by either Hamas or, more likely, Hezbollah.
If you watch the video Glorbo posted, if that's an RC plane it's goddamned huge.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;37937980]If you watch the video Glorbo posted, if that's an RC plane it's goddamned huge.[/QUOTE]
It's a UAV. UAV's are pretty god damn huge.
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Compared to RC planes, anyway
Appropriate reaction, unidentified aircraft entering their airspace, typically what you do at that point is shoot it down, do wonder though whose drone it was and why it was there.
[QUOTE=SeamanStains;37935867]They shouldn't though, and now that Mubarak is ousted the people might have something to say about Israel's past bullshit.[/QUOTE]
Yeah man great idea one of the only countries in the region to make and maintain peace fuck that who needs peace u r a genius
[QUOTE=Glorbo;37938367]It's a UAV. UAV's are pretty god damn huge.
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Compared to RC planes, anyway[/QUOTE]
Not necessarily, but this one was.
It's probably Iran.
Lol, Fox Nation says it was Obama. One commenter even suggested Mossad is going to assassinate him now.
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