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Jeff Head

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after one week navyreco will make it Breaking News ROFL

After one day actually...

Not sure if I am reading you right, but once again:
- I am not "just" posting a picture, but an article giving some background
- I am not forcing you (or anyone) to click and follow the link
- If it is really bothering you or anyone here that much, just let me know and I'll just stop sharing news in that forum
@navyreco ...PLEASE do not stop posting here to SD!

Your site and your reports from around the world, getting insightful and direct reports from many of the world's leading manufacturers and military representatives are very much appreciated here on SD.

Please, always remember that and keep them coming!
 

FORBIN

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Aero Vodochody produces new-build L-159 trainer for Iraq

Aero Vodochody has revived its L-159 light attack aircraft production line to produce a one-off twin-seat example for the Iraqi air force.

Iraq will receive the first new L-159 to be built in over a decade. The company is producing the aircraft to fulfil a 2015 contract for 14 of the type, which are largely coming from unwanted Czech air force orders using assets stored by the manufacturer at its Odolena Voda site.

The Czech air force originally ordered 72 aircraft, but after review, opted to reduce the fleet size to 24.

During the Farnborough air show in 2014, Draken International ordered 21 of the stored aircraft, and in 2015, Iraq signed a deal for more of the unwanted jets.

The Iraqi order consists of two twin-seat examples and 12 single-seat aircraft. Three single-seaters and one twin-seater are being provided from the Czech air force’s active inventory, while the other 10 were to be drawn from the stored fleet and included the additional trainer.

However, due to a number of single-seat aircraft having been used to create some earlier twin-seat models for training, the numbers fell short for Iraq, and a new-build example is now being prepared.

To date, three aircraft have been delivered from the Czech air force inventory and three from Aero Vodochody’s store. A twin-seat example that belonged to the air force has also been delivered, but is currently based at the company’s facility to support the training of Iraqi personnel. It will be delivered at a later date.

Three more examples are expected to be handed over by the end of 2016, in addition to the new-build trainer. The final three aircraft in the programme will follow in early 2017.

Aero Vodochody says it had to purchase the Czech aircraft from the nation’s air force and then sell them on to Iraq, because a government-to-government sale was not possible. It adds that while the lone trainer being built is a one-off, it hopes that it could help encourage more interest in the type after demonstrating its ability to quickly resume production.

Draken International received its first three L-159s earlier this year, and its aircraft are now operational providing flight training. Four more are ready at the Odolena Voda site, awaiting delivery to the USA.

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Iran unveils new attack drone, says it was based on captured US aircraft
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US drone clone? Iran claims success, planning test flight

Iran's Revolutionary Guard unveiled a new attack drone which is similar to a U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle captured five years ago and is capable of carrying bombs, state media reported on Saturday.

The drone, called the "Saegheh," or Thunderbolt, was unveiled at an expo showcasing the latest achievements by the Revolutionary Guard.

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This photo released on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, shows a new attack drone called Saegheh or Thunderbolt in an undisclosed location in Iran. (Sepahnews of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards via AP)

"This long-range drone is capable of hitting four targets with smart precision-guided bombs with high accuracy," the head of the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace arm, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA,
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The semi-official Tasnim news agency said the drone is similar to the RQ-170 Sentinel spy drone used by the U.S. Iran's state-run Press TV said the long-range drone can carry four precision-guided bombs.

Military officials did not demonstrate the drone's abilities and did not say what range it had.

Iran claimed to have shot down an RQ-170 drone used by the Central Intelligence Agency in December 2011 and broadcast footage of the recovered aircraft. It also claims to have captured three American ScanEagle drones.

Iran said last year that it had successfully tested its replica of the RQ-170.

Also on Saturday, Tasnim published photos of what it said was a U.S.-made MQ-1C drone captured recently by the Guard. The news agency did not say when or how the drone was captured.

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Nothing more makes me angrier at this Global security fiasco. Why and how in the hell did we lose one of our most advanced secret drones to IRAN who shared with CHINA. we pretty much just gave China a huge leap into drone/engine technology:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:. Why didn't we bomb the downed drone. I am glad Mr. President got on his knees and begged for it back.
 

FORBIN

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Yemen’s Houthi fighters claim they have hit and sunk UAE Navy vessel HSV Swift by a modified C802 cruise missile in the Bab al-Mandab strait off Yemen’s coast.

The UAE military on Saturday confirmed that one of its vessels was involved in an ‘incident’ and added that none of the crew had been hurt. It did not say whether the vessel sank or not.

“The coalition rescued civilians from a vessel targeted by Houthi militias, that was transferring medical aid to the city of Aden and evacuating wounded civilians for treatment,” Reuters reported the coalition saying in a statement on Saudi state news agency SPA.

Yemen’s Houthi fighters claimed on their sabanews.net website that the vessel ‘had been completely destroyed’, Al Jazeera reported.

The UAE is a member of the coalition fighting the Houthi rebels in Yemen

The vessel hit by missile fire is the hybrid catamaran HSV-2 Swift, privately owned and operated by Sealift Inc. and originally leased by the United States Navy Military Sealift Command. According to IHS Jane’s, the former U.S. Navy vessel was later operated by United Arab Emirates’ National Marine Dredging Company.

The video below supposedly shows the moment when the cruise missile is fired and hits the vessel.

 
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