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Originally Posted by Raellus
Paul, these are the RPVs/UAVs the Israelis used to trick the Syrian SA-6 batteries into turning on their targetting radars for the waiting Israeli Wild Weasels.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadiran_Mastiff
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Scout
I recall seeing pictures of similar UAVs being launched from the fantail of one of the Iowa class battleships for use as a long rage artillery spotting platform for the ship's 16" guns. They used a crash netting type system to recover the vehicles. IIRC, such a set up was used against Iraqi shore positions in Kuwait during the '91 Gulf War. |
Sometime in the future I'll work on that, but UAV updates are a while out for my site right now.