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2015-08-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Russia Demands Tehran's Drone Technology, Starts Talks on Sukhoi-30 Fighter Jets

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Posted by Fred 2015-08-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Intehwesting, since Mother Russia already has its own Drone techs - why would they need to import from Iran???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-08-27 02:50|| 2015-08-27 02:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Tehran Bob, Joseph.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-08-27 03:20|| 2015-08-27 03:20|| Front Page Top

#3 "We are ~~discussing this issue~~ pulling this out of our a$$ now," he just said.

FTFY.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2015-08-27 05:26|| 2015-08-27 05:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Iran does have some drones in operation.

Like other UAVs, they move slow relative to the kinds of weapons US ships and aircraft have and are, thus not that much of a threat to those assets.

However, the Iranian drones are a major threat to unarmed civilian tankers and other slow movers.

Posted by lord garth 2015-08-27 09:15|| 2015-08-27 09:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Translation: "We need to make sure that control frequencies don't interfere. Also, it might handy to have some Iranian 'throwdowns' the next time Ruskiya becomes entangled in, well, ..."

Posted by ed in texas 2015-08-27 09:30|| 2015-08-27 09:30|| Front Page Top

#6 I thought the crashed US drone tech a few years ago was already 'shared' with the Ruskies and Chinks.

Posted by Mugsy Glink 2015-08-27 10:30|| 2015-08-27 10:30|| Front Page Top

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