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Friday, June 26, 2009

UAVs Underwhelm Israeli F-16 Fighting Falcon

F-16 Fighting FalconThe 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 organizations, such as Hamas or Hezbollah, or by hostile nations, such as Iran.

The pilots of a Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft practised their skills with the 20mm M61 Vulcan cannon to shoot down a target UAV during a training mission recently completed.

This kind of threat is among those causing the biggest concern to Tel Aviv's defence in this moment. The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a multirole fighter developed by General Dynamics (today Lockheed Martin) in the late 70s.

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