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Israeli F-16 fighters practise shooting down UAVs

Tel Aviv, Israel - High concern about this kind of intrusions

The Israeli Air Force is carrying on a series of exercises to develop its capability to shoot down unmanned air vehicles (UAV) that might be launched in the Jewish country's airspace by guerrilla, such as Hamas or Hezbollah, or by hostile nations, such as Iran. The pilots of a Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft in fact practised their skills with the 20mm M61 Vulcan cannon to...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1106300
Rome, Italy, 06/25/2009 11:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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