The US Drone Spied On The Whole World Before Being Shot Down By Iran

On June 20, an RQ-4 Global Hawk drone operated by the US Navy was shot down by a surface-to-air missile system of Iranian Air Forces when it was flying inside the country’s airspace.

The US government said that its 130-million-dollar aircraft which is manufactured by the renowned global security company Northrop Grumman Corporation was traveling through international waters at the time. However, it is clear that Iranian officials don’t have the same opinion as to the US in this incident. They claimed the drone was inside Iran’s airspace. The source was given and updated by the New York Times.

Before the incident took place, the US army used the RQ-4 Global Hawk drone as a driverless spying vehicle which shows the impressive surveillance power of the US all over the world.

The spy devices equipped inside the shot-down Global Hawk drone has been a secret. However, according to the report from Wired, such these flying monsters are capable of carrying a countless number of sensors and scanners which make its manufacturing cost able to reach about 220 million dollars.

This kind of drone can include infrared scanners, video cameras, and thermal imaging scanners which help it to determine targets on the ground exactly from a 60,000-foot elevation – the position it can stand still within about 34 hours.

At such the height, the Global Hawk aircraft can keep track of the entire Greece territory within a day, as reported by AI Jazeera. In addition, the detailed information relating to its mission hasn’t been revealed yet.

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In an interview with Wired, Ulrike Franke – a drone expert of the European Council – said,