Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran said it shot down an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle on its way to the uranium enrichment facility in Natanz. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the intercepted Israeli UAV was a radar-evading, stealth platform called Hermes-450. The UAV was said to have been shot down by air defense systems […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Israel has used combat unmanned aerial vehicles in the missile war in the Gaza Strip, a human rights group said. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights said the Israel Air Force was directing combat UAV operations throughout the Gaza Strip. The center said the UAVs were firing air-to-ground rockets […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has envisioned the design of unmanned aerial vehicles to attack enemy fighter-jets. The Israel Air Force has been examining the prospect of a new generation of UAVs that could intercept enemy warplanes. The proposal to the Air Force was meant to reduce dependence on expensive manned aircraft platforms, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com Iran announced on Sept. 27 that serial production of Shahed-129 unmanned aerial vehicles had begun and that the UAVs can strike multiple stationary and mobile targets. Citing sources from Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps [IRGC], the state-run Press TV stated that the armed drone could carry four guided Sadid […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United Nations has stated concerns about the danger to civilians posed by combat unmanned aerial vehicles in Gaza Strip, Pakistan and Yemen. The Security Council was told that the Israel Air Force has acquired and deployed armed UAVs for operations against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. UN human rights chief […]