In the United States, images of an unmanned aerial vehicle appeared, which is often called the "elusive" or "Beast of Kandahar". We are talking about an updated version of the UAV RQ-170 Sentinel, aka Stealth Spy Drone - a reconnaissance drone with implemented stealth technology.
The drone flew in the area of the 42nd plant in Palmdale (California).
This UAV model is widely known for, what, according to the Pentagon, it was she who helped track down terrorist number one Osama bin Laden at one time. Previously also reported, that one of the RQ-170 Sentinels fell into the hands of the Iranian military, who "could study the technologies implemented on the drone".
The United States is discussing the issue of, what was the RQ-170 Sentinel UAV doing near the 42nd plant, which is owned by Lockheed Skunk Works. celebrated, that previously there was no information about, that the production of these spy drones may be related to the 42nd plant in California.
Eyewitnesses note the presence of orange stripes on the fuselage of the drone. supposed, these stripes are applied during test flights - so that the control aircraft, which is in the sky above the tested UAV could control the phases of its flight. It is also reported, that the drone quickly disappeared into the sky. According to other sources, he just landed after a few minutes of flight..
It is assumed, that the RQ-170 Sentinel over Palmdale may be a UAV, which was withdrawn from the territory of Afghanistan. But if so, then what kind of tests can we talk about?..
Trator: I the Defense department does not want to release images of the RQ17 the you should not either.
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