Iran Effectively Tests Duplicate of US Drone Downed in 2011: Revolutionary Guard

The US-made Lockheed Martin Sentinel RQ-170 drone was downed by Iranian electronic warfare systems, which convinced it to land on Iranian territory instead of its designated home military base. © REUTERS/ Sepah News.ir/ Handout

Iran has properly tested an unmanned aerial car (UAV) on the basis of the National RQ-170 drone downed on Iranian soil in 2011, the aerospace team head  of the country’s Revolutionary Guard Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh was cited as expressing by IRNA News Agency Monday.

Hajizadeh informed reporters that the test was done on Friday, but he didn’t reveal the details. Additionally, he typical stated that Iranian professionals could provide many missile tasks in the near future.

Earlier in May, Tehran unveiled a copy of the US-made Lockheed Martin Sentinel RQ-170 drone at a military aerospace exhibition. The aircraft was a copy of a drone that Iran downed near the town of Kashmar in 2011 after crossing into Iranian airspace from neighboring Afghanistan.
The drone was downed by Iranian electronic warfare systems, which made it to land on Iranian territory rather than its designated home military base.