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On Sept. 9, one day after two H-6G maritime strike aircraft had been intercepted by the Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15 scrambled from Naha while flying in international airspace between the Miyako and Okinawa islands, an unknown Chinese UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) was intercepted near the contested Senkaku islands.
Based on the image released by the Japan MoD, the UAV seems to be a Wing Loong (Pterodactyl), a drone based on the U.S. MQ-1 Predator.
wrabbit2000
reply to post by Zaphod58
That's a pretty capable little sucker. That range means it could fly from Joplin Missouri to Kingman Arizona at the California border....buzz the truck stops for 20 hours and fly back?
Just how common IS that range on armed UAV's?? Can all of ours do a 2,500 mile range? I'd never looked into it that much.
dlbott
wrabbit2000
reply to post by Zaphod58
That's a pretty capable little sucker. That range means it could fly from Joplin Missouri to Kingman Arizona at the California border....buzz the truck stops for 20 hours and fly back?
Just how common IS that range on armed UAV's?? Can all of ours do a 2,500 mile range? I'd never looked into it that much.
It should be, remember couple years ago they pretty much hacked in and took all our technology. This the result, don't be surprised they don't make some moves while the world is distracted.
The Bot
dlbott
wrabbit2000
reply to post by Zaphod58
That's a pretty capable little sucker. That range means it could fly from Joplin Missouri to Kingman Arizona at the California border....buzz the truck stops for 20 hours and fly back?
Just how common IS that range on armed UAV's?? Can all of ours do a 2,500 mile range? I'd never looked into it that much.
It should be, remember couple years ago they pretty much hacked in and took all our technology. This the result, don't be surprised they don't make some moves while the world is distracted.
The Bot