RQ-170 THE US SENTINEL
RQ-170 Sentinel breaks cover in the US
New images of the US Air Force’s secretive RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned aerial vehicle have been taken at Creech AFB, Nevada. The images, taken in July, clearly show the aircraft from a number of angles, including the first time the underside has been captured. The images were taken from a public road during normal operations at the base and on close inspection reveal a serial ’927′ on the nosewheel bay door.
It is thought that this might signal a more relaxed approach to the RQ-170 and its operations, as until now they have never been seen in public and have mainly operated in secret from their home base at Tonopah, on the Nellis range complex.
According to rumours circulated on Chinese defence forums, a group of Chinese experts may have recently visited Iran to inspect and even collect elements of the RQ-170 that came down in Iran last year.
It is thought that some components may be exploited and reverse-engineered by Chinese scientists, who are likely to have been given unlimited access to the drone, which was embarrassingly paraded on Iranian state television in December last year.
It is thought that this might signal a more relaxed approach to the RQ-170 and its operations, as until now they have never been seen in public and have mainly operated in secret from their home base at Tonopah, on the Nellis range complex.
It is thought that some components may be exploited and reverse-engineered by Chinese scientists, who are likely to have been given unlimited access to the drone, which was embarrassingly paraded on Iranian state television in December last year.
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