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Check this out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r8ly_WIw2U&mode=related&search=
Even the interviewer looks embarrased. That unmanned drone looks suspiciously like one of those Russian ground effect experimental types to me.
Spotting Bad Guys
26th Oct 2006, 21:17
http://www.se-technology.com/wig/html/main.php?open=showcraft&code=&craft=49
I think it is - possibly the Flarecraft L325 (a US design!) or perhaps the 370....
Or having found this link:
http://inbrief.threatswatch.org/2006/04/irans-stealth-advances-the-ira/
Maybe it's a smaller (single-seat?) version of the same design.
Should do the PR for JPA!
SBG
angelorange
26th Oct 2006, 21:33
Doesn't look unmanned to me.
The US Flarecraft was based on German design by RFB. An early Alexander Lippisch ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lippisch ) attempt was powered by a 25hp motorcycle engine and could still do 100+ kmh. These small craft are not very fast cf Caspian Sea Monster which was a differrent proposition altogether. Maybe the Iranians are thinking back to Swordfish v Bismark !