Splash One!

[alphaone]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29721252/

Awesome. Can't wait to hear the details. Anyone in the "know" please share any details if you're allowed. Was it an AIM-120, 9, or guns?
What aircraft?

 

[Velocipede]

Why waste a missle on a drone?

 

[TC_ABM]

MQ-1. First kill for the Predator.

 

[Minuteman]

Most articles that say how are saying "U.S. jets shot down an Iranian unmanned surveillance aircraft."

Looking at the specs for the Ababil 3, it looks like it is one of those low-and-slow reconnaissance platforms.

It probably could have been successfully downed with a 20mm cannon ... or a Blackhawk could have pulled up beside it and the crew chief could swat at it with a broom.

 

[MikeD]

OIF...Rise of the Drones.

Pretty one sided waste of time, this one was. Jet vs slow mover drone.

 

[The Fez]

I only hope that the pilot who shot it down has the presence of mind to NEVER claim it.

 

[falconvalley]

The pilot was probably in the middle of a Maxim anyway...