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Monday, May 12, 2014

Iran says it has built copy of captured American drone, will take it on test flight

RQ-170 UASIran says it has “succeeded” in copying an American drone it captured in 2011 and will soon take the replicated aircraft on a test flight.

State television in Iran broadcasted images Sunday apparently showing a replicated US RQ-170 Sentinel drone alongside the original one, according to the AFP.

"Our engineers succeeded in breaking the drone's secrets and copying them,” an officer in the footage reportedly said. “It will soon take a test flight."

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