Iran Claims To Have Shot Down More Drones Than Previously Reported
RQ-11 Raven. Wikipedia
Iran Claims Shooting Down 2 U.S.-Made RQ-11 Drones -- Defense News
TEHRAN — Iran on Jan. 2 said it had shot down two U.S.-made RQ-11 reconnaissance drones in the past 15 months, adding to a ScanEagle drone and RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft it already claims to have captured.
“The army’s air defense shot down two... RQ-11 drones,” Rear Admiral Amir Rastegari told state television and Fars news agency, adding that the army was carrying out “research” on the downed unmanned aircraft. He said the first had been brought down in Shahrivar 1390 (August-September 2011) and the second in Aban 1391 (October-November 2012), but gave no details of their location.
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Iran says captures 2 US-made miniature surveillance drones -- Reuters
My Comment: The RQ-11 has an effective operational radius of approximately 10 km .... so the Raven's operators must have been very close to Iranian forces when these drones were shot down.
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