Reaper Down near Benghazi
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Reaper Down near Benghazi
Aviation content, but you may ask: without a pilot on board, is it on topic?
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(If it turns out that this wasn't a Reaper, but another kind of drone, a correction to the title shall be made).
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Yes I saw that, I wonder what they used.
EU Frontex Themis program ?
Last time I saw anything like a UAV on patrol down the Libyan coast, it was a Heron. I think there's an Italian coastguard presence which may be part of the EU Frontex Themis program covering the Italy Malta Libya area, working the seaborne refugee problem. They use Heron or possibly Predator, Eurohawk or Patroller, and probably operate from airfields on Sicily, Malta, Pantelleria or Lampedusa.
I would guess that there's nothing hostile or armed about these operations, so possibly this apparent 'shootdown' was some trigger happy trouble shooter who needs a bit of aircraft recognition practice. Even if it was a Predator of that late model, there's nothing to say it was not pre-owned, passed on or rented out.
Once you get beyond the headline, there's a lot of Frontex detail in this article - https://digit.site36.net/2022/08/14/...rnational-law/
LFH
I would guess that there's nothing hostile or armed about these operations, so possibly this apparent 'shootdown' was some trigger happy trouble shooter who needs a bit of aircraft recognition practice. Even if it was a Predator of that late model, there's nothing to say it was not pre-owned, passed on or rented out.
Once you get beyond the headline, there's a lot of Frontex detail in this article - https://digit.site36.net/2022/08/14/...rnational-law/
LFH
Once you get beyond the headline, there's a lot of Frontex detail in this article - https://digit.site36.net/2022/08/14/...rnational-law/
LFH
LFH
