enhanced_deficit
05-28-2013, 10:11 PM
Chinese, Russian or mideasterners would be bidding for these now?
CONFIRMED: Somalian Extremists Have Captured A US Drone
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Published 2:41 pm, Tuesday, May 28, 2013
U.S. defense officials are confirming that an American drone went down in Somalia today, reports Politico.
It would mark the first such loss in Somalia.
From Politico:
“During the course of a routine surveillance mission along the coast of Somalia on May 27, a military remotely piloted aircraft crashed in a remote area near the shoreline of Mogadishu,” a defense spokesman told POLITICO on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, the Islamic militant group al-Shabaab posted on Twitter what it claimed were photos of a downed American reconnaissance drone.
In the photos, you can clearly see camera components and one broken part marked with the word "Schiebel," a corporation that develops unmanned aerial vehicles.
A governor for that region of Somalia told Reuters that al-Shabaab militants had shot at the aircraft for hours before it crashed (http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/28/us-somalia-conflict-idUSBRE94R0JP20130528).
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/CONFIRMED-Somalian-Extremists-Have-Captured-A-US-4554821.php (http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/CONFIRMED-Somalian-Extremists-Have-Captured-A-US-4554821.php#ixzz2UeRs2nS2)
CONFIRMED: Somalian Extremists Have Captured A US Drone
Brian Jones, provided by
http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/partners/businessinsider/article_header.gif (http://www.businessinsider.com)
Published 2:41 pm, Tuesday, May 28, 2013
U.S. defense officials are confirming that an American drone went down in Somalia today, reports Politico.
It would mark the first such loss in Somalia.
From Politico:
“During the course of a routine surveillance mission along the coast of Somalia on May 27, a military remotely piloted aircraft crashed in a remote area near the shoreline of Mogadishu,” a defense spokesman told POLITICO on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, the Islamic militant group al-Shabaab posted on Twitter what it claimed were photos of a downed American reconnaissance drone.
In the photos, you can clearly see camera components and one broken part marked with the word "Schiebel," a corporation that develops unmanned aerial vehicles.
A governor for that region of Somalia told Reuters that al-Shabaab militants had shot at the aircraft for hours before it crashed (http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/28/us-somalia-conflict-idUSBRE94R0JP20130528).
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/CONFIRMED-Somalian-Extremists-Have-Captured-A-US-4554821.php (http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/CONFIRMED-Somalian-Extremists-Have-Captured-A-US-4554821.php#ixzz2UeRs2nS2)