Saudi Arabia will discover that American Drones were used for the attack!!
But before Saudi acts, they must remember some things:
“After capture of several Boeing ScanEagle drones by Iran during the heavy U.S. involvement in neighboring Iraq,
ScanEagle systems have been reverse-engineered by the Islamic nation and assembly lines arranged to mass
produce the American product illegally for the Iranian Air Force and Navy.” I am now betting that the ones used for the attack were the captured ones.
The global operator list for ScanEagle has grown considerably over the years with users going far beyond American
shores. This list includes Australia, Canada, Netherlands, Japan, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom and others.
In an effort to help Gulf ally Yemen deal with internal and external threats, Yemen has been a recipient of the
American product as well.
Indonesia and the Philippines have both received two ScanEagle systems under a United States counter-terrorism
program. Malaysia has been granted use of the ScanEagle 2 platform.
Crew: None
Length: 3.94 ft (1.2 m)
Width: 10.01 ft (3.05 m)
Weight (Empty): 37 lb (17 kg)
Weight (MTOW): 49 lb (22 kg)
Power: 1 x Orbital 3W 2-stroke piston engine developing
1.5 horsepower while driving two-bladed propeller in
pusher configuration.
Speed: 92 mph (148 kph; 80 kts)
Ceiling: 19,685 feet (6,000 m; 3.73 miles)
Range: 342 miles (550 km; 297 nm)
Operators: Australia; Canada; Colombia; Iran; Indonesia;
Italy; Japan; Malaysia; Netherlands; Philippines; Poland;
Romania; Singapore; Spain; Singapore; Tunisia; United
Kingdom; United States; Yemen