Tabas Desert

Tracing the origins of suicide drones: In the 1980s, the German company Dornier, in partnership with American companies, designed an anti-radar drone called DAR to suppress and counter Soviet air defense systems, especially the KUB (SAM-6) system. This drone was 2 meters long and weighed 70 kilograms.

The tank you see in most of these photos is a mock-up that had been used for demo flights at air shows with the second (yes, there were two!) VM-T Atlant. At some point, the company ASKO paid for their logo to be painted on the tank so it acted like a flying ad.

     The Soviet Okean-class intelligence collection ship LINZA was designed for gathering intelligence and observing naval activities, notably participating in exercises like Northern Wedding '86, where it monitored NATO ships. It represents a significant aspect of Cold War naval operations.      These trawlers were built in East Germany. The #GRU (Soviet military intelligence) ordered 15 of these ships through the Soviet Navy in the early 1960s.      They had a range of 9,500 nautical miles and were equipped with 15 different monitoring stations. In addition to radio intelligence, the ships filmed major NATO naval exercises.

Congress is also withholding $5 million per jet from Lockheed until the issues are resolved and is demanding assurances, both from Lockheed & Pentagon, to prevent similar instances in the future.

Compared to the earlier F-7P, the double delta winged F-7PG featured a new WP-13 engine, a FIAR Grifo MG fire control radar (fitted in Pakistan), advanced avionics and improved flight control systems. Interesting, it is the only double-delta member of the extensive J/F-7 family. Around 80 F-7PGs were ordered by Pakistan in the early 2000s.