The Tupolev Tu-143 Reys (Flight or Trip, Russian: Рейс) was a Soviet reconnaissance drone in service with the Soviet Red Army and with a number of its Warsaw Pact and Middle East allies during the late 1970s and 1980s. It contained a reconnaissance pod, that was retrieved after flight, and from which imagery was retrieved. Russia - Used as targets (in service as of 2011) Ukraine - One Tu-143 downed by separatists in a field in August 1, 2014 liveleak/view?i=ca0_1406907239 The YouTube video of the downed drone claims the archaic unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was shot down “at approximatly 13:30 local time near Shahtersk.” In the video, the representatives of DPR anti-Kiev forces say that the “object will be further identified.”
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 10:00:57 +0000
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