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Iran developed a model of RQ170 drone

Iran Materials 22 September 2013 09:51 (UTC +04:00)
Iran has developed a model of the American drone RQ170-based reverse engineering, deputy Commander in Chief of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Hossein Salami said in a live interview, FARS news agency reported on Sunday.
Iran developed a model of RQ170 drone

Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 22 / Trend T. Jafarov /

Iran has developed a model of the American drone RQ170-based reverse engineering, deputy Commander in Chief of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Hossein Salami said in a live interview, FARS news agency reported on Sunday.

According to Salami, the presentation of the drone will be in the near future.

Other achievements of Iran besides RQ170 drone will be announced in the near, general added.

In December of 2011, Iranian Army's electronic warfare unit downed the US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft which was flying over the Iranian city of Kashmar, some 140 miles (225km) from the Afghan border.

Two days later, two US officials speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the drone had been part of a CIA reconnaissance mission, involving the US intelligence community stationed in Afghanistan.

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