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Maybe Iran tried to hack it down, but monitoring its flight is enough proof of some potent air defense technologies in Iran's arsenal. The message is thus clear, If Iran can detect a stealth drone which is much more difficult than a stealth plane, than what faith is reserved for non-stealth aircrafts that are still the backbone of any attacker to be?
For the drone to be flying 400 km inside Iran, this depends on its speed per hour. let's say it is cruising at 300km/h like the super Heron TP that has crashed and exploded inside Usrael, than it should have taken a bit more than an hour to reach Natanz, and since this an autonomous GPS guided drone, it is quite difficult to hack it down, although feasible, So the last resort was to shoot it down and that is what happened ultimately.
I also think that if it was allowed for all that time and distance is because there was nothing to take photos or videos of that is not already taken by satellites. And that was just an attempt of a tick for tack for the Iranian drone that flew over Demona nuclear site previously.
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IAI Heron-1
Heron navigates using an internal GPS receiver, and either a pre-programmed flight profile (in which case the system is fully autonomous from takeoff to landing), manual override from a ground control station, or a combination of both. It can autonomously return to base and land in case of lost communication with the ground station. The system has fully automatic launch and recovery (ALR) and all-weather capabilities.
Heron can carry an array of sensors, including infra-red and visible-light surveillance, intelligence systems (COMINT and ELINT) and various radar systems, totaling up to 250 kg (550 lb). Heron is also capable of target acquisition and artillery adjustment.
The payload sensors communicate with the ground control station in real-time, using either direct line of sight data link, or via an airborne/satellite relay. Like the navigation system, the payload can also be used in either a fully pre-programmed autonomous mode, or manual real-time remote operation, or a combination of both.
IAI Heron-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Do not know if it is stealth or not, since they have intended to build a stealth version of it for deep penetration missions.
For the drone to be flying 400 km inside Iran, this depends on its speed per hour. let's say it is cruising at 300km/h like the super Heron TP that has crashed and exploded inside Usrael, than it should have taken a bit more than an hour to reach Natanz, and since this an autonomous GPS guided drone, it is quite difficult to hack it down, although feasible, So the last resort was to shoot it down and that is what happened ultimately.
I also think that if it was allowed for all that time and distance is because there was nothing to take photos or videos of that is not already taken by satellites. And that was just an attempt of a tick for tack for the Iranian drone that flew over Demona nuclear site previously.
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IAI Heron-1
Heron navigates using an internal GPS receiver, and either a pre-programmed flight profile (in which case the system is fully autonomous from takeoff to landing), manual override from a ground control station, or a combination of both. It can autonomously return to base and land in case of lost communication with the ground station. The system has fully automatic launch and recovery (ALR) and all-weather capabilities.
Heron can carry an array of sensors, including infra-red and visible-light surveillance, intelligence systems (COMINT and ELINT) and various radar systems, totaling up to 250 kg (550 lb). Heron is also capable of target acquisition and artillery adjustment.
The payload sensors communicate with the ground control station in real-time, using either direct line of sight data link, or via an airborne/satellite relay. Like the navigation system, the payload can also be used in either a fully pre-programmed autonomous mode, or manual real-time remote operation, or a combination of both.
IAI Heron-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Do not know if it is stealth or not, since they have intended to build a stealth version of it for deep penetration missions.
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