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I saw these photos of what the ISIL / ISIS folks claim to be the wreckage of a "drone" (possible cruise missile) that reportedly collided with a communications tower in Raqqa last night (22-September-2014). A few things that caught my eye - the relatively "heavy duty" nature of the wreckage, relatively large control surfaces (?), what appears to be a smaller jet engine (not a turboprop) and nacelle, and a black/charcoal skin (which doesn't appear to be from burning).
I haven't been able to conjure up so far what this mystery bird is. It just doesn't look like the "average bear" to me. :-\
Any thoughts? (See story and photos here in the Daily Mail). A couple of photos (more at the link):
UPDATE: Welp... I think I found the answer. :-[ It looks like the wings to a Tomahawk. Here's a photo from JCM Engineering, the folks that manufacture the wings for the Tactical Tomahawk, that seems to fit the bill. Apologies if I wasted anyone's time.
I haven't been able to conjure up so far what this mystery bird is. It just doesn't look like the "average bear" to me. :-\
Any thoughts? (See story and photos here in the Daily Mail). A couple of photos (more at the link):
![1411477274327_wps_14_Fighters_from_the_Islamic.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.dailymail.co.uk%2Fi%2Fpix%2F2014%2F09%2F23%2F1411477274327_wps_14_Fighters_from_the_Islamic.jpg&hash=f4ee1e4db1b87d38a45b12abd3842300)
![1411477274395_wps_21_A_fighter_from_the_Islami.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.dailymail.co.uk%2Fi%2Fpix%2F2014%2F09%2F23%2F1411477274395_wps_21_A_fighter_from_the_Islami.jpg&hash=a62000137c2b9f7b327322c4090758fa)
![1411477274298_wps_9_A_man_inspects_the_remain.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.dailymail.co.uk%2Fi%2Fpix%2F2014%2F09%2F23%2F1411477274298_wps_9_A_man_inspects_the_remain.jpg&hash=c6bbcfcaa72309aeaa6f605532782321)
UPDATE: Welp... I think I found the answer. :-[ It looks like the wings to a Tomahawk. Here's a photo from JCM Engineering, the folks that manufacture the wings for the Tactical Tomahawk, that seems to fit the bill. Apologies if I wasted anyone's time.
![Raytheon-Tomahawk-Wings_900X600.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fjcmcorp.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F11%2FRaytheon-Tomahawk-Wings_900X600.jpg&hash=f3a66dab2c892f14ec4ff16b9e5546e6)