Could it be possible the United States lost an “unarmed” drone over the skies of Syria?
From Reuters:
The United States lost contact with an unarmed Predator drone over Syria on Tuesday, U.S. officials said, stopping short of confirming the plane was taken down by Syrian air defenses, as reported by Syrian state media.
“At this time, we have no information to corroborate press reports that the aircraft was shot down,” a U.S. defense official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“We are looking into the incident and will provide more details when available.”
Another U.S. official, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said flatly the United States could not “determine the cause yet,” without elaborating.
It was the first such incident since the U.S.-led coalition began carrying out air strikes against the hardline militant Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria last summer.
U.S. officials have previously described Syrian skies as relatively passive, noting that the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad had not taken aim at coalition aircraft flying over its territory.
But earlier on Tuesday, Syria’s state news agency SANA said Syria’s state news agency SANA said on Tuesday its air defenses brought down a U.S. surveillance plane in the coastal province of Latakia.
“Syrian air defenses brought down a hostile U.S. surveillance plane in northern Latakia,” SANA said in a bulletin, without giving further details.
Here is the original Arabic article with pictures: Shaam Times
Details and images: What is the plane that was shot down by the Syrian army over the city of Latakia type?
Date Published: 03/17/2015 09:37:46
Agency Sham times news
Syrian air defenses shot down a US reconnaissance plane without a pilot in the Ras Shamra area north of the city of Latakia, where penetrated Syrian airspace creeping over the sea, and is striking that these aircraft are frequently hidden from air defense radars Add the projection process has for the night.
The plane that dropped the aircraft “MQ-1C Gray Eagle”, type “plane without relevant reconnaissance drones + combat” In addition, they are used to the functions of spyware and fighting with a long-term period of continuous flight of up to 40 hours, as is one of the newer models have entered service in 2009.
The United States is the country of origin and the US Army, “” Basic User her Air Force, with a single price, according to reinforcing positions around US $21 million.
H/T to Mimi Al Laham for the story.
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