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Old 10th Dec 2011, 20:14
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henra
 
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Originally Posted by jamesdevice
its not big enough
the RQ-170 is variously reported as 26-28 metres in wingspan
I have seen these claims a number of times. However, when looking at the few images said to be RQ170 in the internet this assumption seems rather unlikely.

In some of those images it looks much smaller compared to structures in the photos.


Look at the canopies in the open (F-18?) canopies in the background
http://www.uasvision.com/wp-content/...0_enhanced.jpg

Or the small tower in this pictures:
http://elhangardetj.********.com/

Or in this image compared to the AN 26 in the background:

Edit: Does this Link work?
DOPPELADLER.COM | Thema anzeigen - OT: USA bestätigen Einsatz von RQ-170 "Sentinel" in Pakistan

6th picture from the Top shows an AN 32 (rather than 26 as I wrote) in the background on the right.

That thing seems actually quite small.

Looking at those images the size in the pictures shown by the Iranians seems reasonable.

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