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[mohsen]

unknown UAV from latest IRGC air defense drill dubbed "Guardians of Velayat sky 7"

below the fuselage, jammers?

 

[SOHEIL]

unknown UAV from latest IRGC air defense drill dubbed "Guardians of Velayat sky 7"

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below the fuselage, jammers?

This is the drone miss 500 always crying about and calls it shahed 129 ... Blah Blah !

Much smaller than 129 ...

 

[Draco.IMF]

CNN: US F-15E fighter jet shoots down Iranian-made Shahed 129 pro-regime drone in Syria; was armed and in firing range of US troops

https://twitter.com/x/status/877158038993424384

 

[KhanSahab]

i have heard the news that pakistan has shot down iranian jet

 

[raptor22]

This is the drone miss 500 always crying about and calls it shahed 129 ... Blah Blah !

Much smaller than 129 ...

Name?

 

[Blue In Green]

How many Shahed-129 drones does Iran operate? It seems the US keeps shooting Iranian drones down left and right.

Also things are escalating pretty quickly in Syria.

 

[eagle2007]

Mohsen,

Interestingly, I don't see any sign of landing gear on this UAV, suggesting it's rail-launched.

As to the "bumps" on the belly of the airframe, I suspect they are communication/navigation antennas. Without SATCOM, you have to control drones via ground control and thus using larger antennas is advantageous to maximize controllable range.

That said, with no visible landing gear, the landing mechanism for this bird with those antennas (or whatever they are) must be quite a sight to see...

 

[Sina-1]

That said, with no visible landing gear, the landing mechanism for this bird with those antennas (or whatever they are) must be quite a sight to see...

Parachute?

 

[eagle2007]

Sina-1,

Maybe, but that's still a bit of a rough landing if you've got "bumps" that larger on the belly.

After looking at the image again, I have a slightly different theory about those bumps:

Communication Relay

As there are already a sizable set of antennas on the top of the aircraft that seem well-suited for control/guidance, the belly-mounted antennas could be for relaying ground communications from one point to another, allowing for non-LOS communication. Such a concept has been applied to many tactical UAVs all over the world.

Just a theory of course.

 

[raptor22]

unknown UAV from latest IRGC air defense drill dubbed "Guardians of Velayat sky 7"

View attachment 404969

below the fuselage, jammers?

what is the story of rq170 at the end?

 

[BATMAN]

https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/paf-jet-shoots-down-iranian-spy-drone-in-balochistan/

 

[Blue In Green]

2 possible Iranian UAV's downed in in a week times.

I guess Iran is intensifying its operations in both the East and West.

 

[BATMAN]

2 possible Iranian UAV's downed in in a week times.

I guess Iran is intensifying its operations in both the East and West.

I'm sure that intensity has been deflated by now.

 

[Blue In Green]

I'm sure that intensity has been deflated by now.

Someone on the thread that was from Pakistan was in contact with Pakistani military officials and he said that the news of Iranian drone in Pakistan being shot down was not true?

Any news on this development, I'm having a hard time finding any proof of Iran drones in Pakistan being shot down.

 

[SubWater]

https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/paf-jet-shoots-down-iranian-spy-drone-in-balochistan/

How do you know is that Iranian drone?
As I remember well Pakistan air was busy with American drone.
Maybe another American drone fall !!
We should wait for more information.