Source: A Son of the New American Revolution.
Curiosities occur in war. Some may recall that Iran captured at U.S. drone back in 2011 during the Obama administration. The capture was significant for at least two technical reasons: (1) the advanced surveillance technology the unmanned aircraft carried, and (2) the airframe’s stealthy flying-wing design.
It appears that the so-called “Kamikaze drones” Russia is raining down on Ukrainian targets today are a reverse-engineered version of the aircraft Iran captured.
There isn’t much to say about this curiosity, except to note that military adventurism always carries the risk of giving away military secrets.
I wonder why they are called “Kamikaze Drones” instead of cruise missiles?
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I assume that someone back at a base is flying the drone, and with cameras on the aircraft can actually see exactly where it is going.
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