Pythagoras
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Friday 16 October Turkey claimed to have shot down a drone.
There is wide speculation in the media that it is a Russian "Orlan-10" drone. But Russian authorities have so far denied it is a Russian drone and the Orlan drone maker says the drone in the pictures is not an Orlan drone.
Here are pictures of the drone Turkey claims to have shot down:
http://www.airlive.net/2015/10/breaking-unidentified-aircraft-has-been.html
When doing a Google image search for "Orlan-10" I see a very different drone.
Only one of the pictures labeled "Orlan-10" matches the drone shot down in Turkey, this is a drone that was shot down in Ukraine earlier. It was stated to be a Russian "Orlan-10" drone by the Security Service of Ukraine.
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukr...pecial-operation-units-is-russian-350048.html
However, I do not consider this a trustworthy source at all, there is a lot of propaganda and lies coming out of official Ukraine bodies these days.
A drone in both Syria and Ukraine makes Russia a prime suspect of course. But then I thought.. What if it's an American drone? CIA for instance. Would make sense in both Ukraine and Syria as well. And if it's a covert drone it may well be mistaken and draw "friendly fire" in both Ukraine and Syria? That would be fun
Here the Turkish/Syrian drone:
Here the Ukraine drone:
Here an Orlan-10 drone:
So can anybody give further insight into this / debunk the drones shot down in Turkey and Ukraine are Russian drones?
There is wide speculation in the media that it is a Russian "Orlan-10" drone. But Russian authorities have so far denied it is a Russian drone and the Orlan drone maker says the drone in the pictures is not an Orlan drone.
Here are pictures of the drone Turkey claims to have shot down:
http://www.airlive.net/2015/10/breaking-unidentified-aircraft-has-been.html
When doing a Google image search for "Orlan-10" I see a very different drone.
Only one of the pictures labeled "Orlan-10" matches the drone shot down in Turkey, this is a drone that was shot down in Ukraine earlier. It was stated to be a Russian "Orlan-10" drone by the Security Service of Ukraine.
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukr...pecial-operation-units-is-russian-350048.html
However, I do not consider this a trustworthy source at all, there is a lot of propaganda and lies coming out of official Ukraine bodies these days.
A drone in both Syria and Ukraine makes Russia a prime suspect of course. But then I thought.. What if it's an American drone? CIA for instance. Would make sense in both Ukraine and Syria as well. And if it's a covert drone it may well be mistaken and draw "friendly fire" in both Ukraine and Syria? That would be fun
Here the Turkish/Syrian drone:
Here the Ukraine drone:
Here an Orlan-10 drone:
So can anybody give further insight into this / debunk the drones shot down in Turkey and Ukraine are Russian drones?