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The Israeli government has unveiled its latest drone which is called the Heron TP.
This drone has operated for 52 continuous hours but if they tell us 52 you better believe that it can do a lot more. The Heron is highly adaptable and can fly at a height of 40,000 feet. The Heron is quite large with a wingspan of 86 feet. It can conduct surveillance operations, transport payloads, and who knows what else.
The Israeli’s say that it is versatile and can be adapted to perform other roles but that is just about all that they say. Speculation is that this aircraft can be used to fly over Iran and strike targets there which I don’t doubt at all.
The big question to me is, What haven’t they told us. If they are letting us know about the Heron I wonder what they have that they are not letting us know. All of you military ring customers who have been around for more than a few days know how the game is played.
They may be releasing this information at this time to let the Iranian government know that they are capable of hitting them if they have to. Whatever the purpose of releasing this information was I’m sure that they have an ace in the hole.
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