An image from the Iranian station Al Alam last month showed what was said to be an American drone the Iranians claimed to have shot down. The craft carries off-the-shelf video equipment. Al-Alam TV, via Associated Press
Simple, Low-Cost Surveillance Drones Provide Advantage for U.S. Military -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — Iran’s political and military elite boasted last month that their forces shot down an American intelligence-gathering drone, a remotely piloted Navy vehicle called ScanEagle that they swiftly put on display for the Iranian news media.
Navy officials responded that no drones had been shot down by enemy fire, although the Pentagon acknowledged that it had lost a small number of ScanEagles, likely to engine malfunction, over Afghanistan and in the Persian Gulf region. The drone that the Iranians showcased appeared cobbled together after a crash — thus earning the nickname “FrankenEagle” across the Navy.
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