The Drone Iran Shot Down Was a $220M Surveillance Monster

Source: https://www.wired.com/story/iran-global-hawk-drone-surveillance/
Published: Jun 21, 2019
Author: staff
Post Date: 2019-06-21 08:59:09 by Horse
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Global Hawks are massive surveillance platforms, in operation since 2001, with a wingspan of more than 130 feet and a maximum takeoff weight of more than 16 tons, equivalent to roughly seven shipping containers of cocaine. They have a range of more than 12,000 nautical miles, can fly at strikingly high altitudes of 60,000 feet, and can stay aloft for 34 hours straight. They have no offensive capabilities; their value lies in their ability to combine range, vantage point, and persistence with powerful surveillance sensors to monitor ground or maritime activity in great detail.

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#1: Lod    To: Horse (#0)

What's with the cocaine reference? A ton is a ton, whether it's cocaine or coconuts. And is the flying weight different from the takeoff weight?

Lod posted on 2019-06-21 09:23:11   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Horse    To: Lod (#1)

The original version had no storage compartment. The later versions had space to store 3.=,400 pounds of opium which they picked up in Balochistan and delivered to US military bases for shipment to the US and maybe Europe where prices were higher. All paid for by the US taxpayers. That drone is designed after the U2 spy plane.

Horse posted on 2019-06-21 10:51:37   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Lod    To: Horse (#2)

To do that w/drones would involve more than a few operators. Many, in fact.

Lod posted on 2019-06-21 11:17:46   Reply   Private Reply

#4: hondo68    To: Horse (#0)

hondo68 posted on 2019-06-21 11:39:02   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Horse    To: Rotara, Lod, BTP Holdings (#3)

Update: America’s Secret Multi-Trillion Dollar Black Ops Slush Fund

https://vidrebel.wordpress.com/2017/06/10/update-americas-secret-multi-trillion-dollar-black-ops-slush-fund/

Horse posted on 2019-06-21 12:57:36   Reply   Private Reply

#6: Horse    To: All (#0)

The missile was a Khordad III

Horse posted on 2019-06-21 13:29:17   Reply   Private Reply

#7: Lod    To: Horse (#5)

Without reading, lemme guess, the cia.

Lod posted on 2019-06-21 13:58:42   Reply   Private Reply

#8: randge    To: Lod (#7)

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randge posted on 2019-06-21 15:11:12   Reply   Private Reply