It seems Hezbollah has an airforce. Ok, maybe only one plane, and a UAV at that but it seems to me the implications are substantial.
According to Israel the UAV was supplied by Iran. If so, what are the candidates for the kind of craft it is?
Well, at here’s info on one Iranian UAV, the “Ababil.” I can’t find any info on other Iranian UAV types—that might be the only one.
Not exactly a Global Hawk, is it?
Maybe not, but a hell of a lot better than some kind of bastardized hobbyist RC plane. 40 kg payload – you can pack a lot of death in there. 1.5 hour endurance at better than 150 mph, gets it almost anywhere in the country, I would think.
Pretty impressive, for a first effort.