humble3d Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 ISIS reveal first deadly 'reaper' drone bomber... that mimics US military craft in sick propaganda footage The clip taken in the Iraqi city of Mosul shows the jihadis using the weapon against US-backed forces for the first time Islamic State has revealed its chilling new bomb-dropping drone - copied off the US alternative - in a sick propaganda ‘trailer’ released online. The clip taken in the Iraqi city of Mosul shows the jihadis using the weapon against US-backed forces for the first time. Ground troops can be seen fighting against ISIS in the video with other scenes including a suicide operation and the drone dropping two bombs on troops. The weapon appears to be based on the deadly MQ-9 ‘predator’ aircraft which is used by the American military and manufactured by California-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. The drone appears to be based on the MQ-9 which is used by the American military Brit warplanes smash ISIS drone base in victory in bloody Battle for Mosul ISIS propaganda has previously shown militants using drones for aerial reconnaissance but it is the first time the group has used one of the unmanned aerial vehicles for attack. It comes just hours after the group's brutal leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reportedly injured in an air strike. The hit by the US-led coalition took place in Al-Ba'aj in northern Iraq. The chilling video shows a strike on Iraqi forces The town is one of the few remaining large ISIS bastions in Iraq after Mosul and Tal Afar. The incident, which has yet to be independently verified, would come as a huge blow to the jihadi group, which is being beaten back by allied forces across the Middle East. The video also includes footage of a suicide operation Last month the US government increased the bounty for ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from $10 million to $25 million. The reward will be handed to anyone who comes forward with information on the whereabouts of the terrorist that leads to his capture or death. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Al-Baghdadi is one of the world's most wanted men A Facebook and Twitter account belonging to the US Central Command confirmed the reward had been increased. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/isis-reveals-first-deadly-reaper-9679862 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straycat19 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 1 against 1000. Next time they fly it, if it is for real since ISIS is very good at faking videos, one little shoulder launched missile can take it out of the sky. I guess we could call the missile the 'Grim Reaper'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinegirl Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 ISIS Video Unveils New Weaponized Drone Program Jan 25, 2017 In new video footage circulating around various social media sites, ISIS supporters have been openly boasting about a weaponized drone program which the terrorist organization has been using to target Iraqi forces in Mosul. While the video appears to be, in part, CGI-enhanced propaganda, other portions reveal actual IED attacks on armored vehicles and human targets. Below are highlights from the video: Most important moments from #ISIS very recent media from Ninawa featuring VBIEDs & its first attack drone ever bombing the #Iraq|i army.. pic.twitter.com/RsnHPqQ6I1 — Rami (@RamiAILoIah) January 24, 2017 While Major General Gary Volesky, commander of the 101st Airborne division, described the ISIS drone program as nothing more than "commercial, off-the-shelf kind of things," their unsophisticated aerial IED attacks have nevertheless resulted in numerous injuries including a reporter and cameraman working for a U.S.-funded media outlet last week in eastern Mosul. Per PJ Media: A reporter and a cameraman for U.S.-funded Al-Hurra were injured last week in an ISIS drone attack on eastern Mosul. Iraq's defense ministry announced that their forces are in control of eastern Mosul -- a city divided by the Tigris River -- and have begun planning operations to retake smaller but more densely populated western Mosul. In mid-October, just after the Mosul operation began, Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, commander of Combined Joint Forces' Land Component Command for Operation Inherent Resolve and commander of the 101st Airborne, told reporters that ISIS drones were in use. The general described them as "really, a lot of commercial, off-the-shelf kind of things we've seen" -- though they're "clearly not the capacity or capability" that the coalition has. One scene from the video also reveals a coordinated effort between IED drone strikes and suicide bombers on the ground. The video uses photography from another drone to show a weaponized drone flying toward its target, and cameras on the weaponized drone itself show the impact from dropping an IED on a group of people in a street. When vehicles start to respond to the scene, a suicide bomber in a car drives in and detonates in a follow-up attack. ISIS continues to show a variety of other explosive drops from a drone's vantage point, mostly targeting individual parked vehicles or small groups of people. The blasts produced by the explosives are akin to grenades, appearing to inflict some injuries when aimed directly at people but seeming to have little effect when dropped on tanks. And while the "ISIS drone program" is unlikely to reach a level of sophistication required to take out armored vehicles anytime in the immediate future, Former US special forces officer, Mitch Utterback, said that the aerial IED attacks can nonetheless be very effective in targeting specific, unprotected high-ranking officers. Per the Daily Mail: Former US special forces officer, Mitch Utterback, who discovered the devices, told the Mail: ‘Iraqi forces are very, very concerned about these. ‘My concern is them being used to target specific, high-ranking officers who are leading the ground combat against Islamic State.’ He said the devices’ electronics had been modified to release grenades. The drones can drop a single 40mm rifle grenade - which could kill or injure within a five meter radius, he added. ‘With the precision guidance of the camera, they can and are used to directly target troops in the open’ he added. Of course, while this low-level technology may not be incredibly effective on the battlefield just yet, we suspect it's only a matter of time until it's used to target crowded streets in the major metro areas of the U.S. and Western Europe. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-25/isis-video-unveils-new-weaponized-drone-program May answer one or two unknowns....shotgun would work though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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