Europe acquires its own RQ-4 Global Hawk drones

Europe got its own strategic intelligence Drones. As transmits "Warspot" with reference to the portal janes.com, the first of five landed at the Sigonella airbase in Italy drones RQ-4 Global Hawk ordered under the AGS program.

According to the publication, fifteen NATO member countries, namely Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the United States paid for the supply of five reconnaissance drones RQ-4 Global Hawk, which will be used in the interests of all 29 camp of the alliance, supplying them with intelligence.

The first drone was supposed to arrive in Italy three years ago - in 2016 year. The reason for this long delay in the company Northrop Grumman, which is the developer of the drone, as well as in the NATO Ground Surveillance Agency, NAGSMA (customer) were not disclosed. At the same time, it became known that the remaining four drones are currently undergoing flight tests and will soon arrive in Europe. Estimated location - Sigonella air base in Italy.

The RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV delivered to Europe is almost no different from its “American” copy, repeating the details and layout by 94%. The only difference is the established joint management system.

According to open sources, the RQ-4A Global Hawk, which carries a high-resolution camera, an infrared sensor and a radar for tracking moving objects, is designed to conduct strategic aerial reconnaissance. When flying at high altitudes, Global Hawk is able to survey large areas, reconnaissance of high-resolution point targets and transmit intelligence to the command in real time via a satellite communication channel. The RQ-4A Global Hawk, having a take-off mass of 15 tons and a wingspan of about 40 meters, can patrol for 30 hours at an altitude of up to 18 thousand meters.

Comments

[Honest Citizen]

Do we have anything to bring down this?
Or take over control and "land"?
Specialists, ay!

[Terenin]

Quote: Honest Citizen

Do we have anything to bring down this?
Or take over control and "land"?
Specialists, ay!

Sergei why are you worried? Do you otherwise drive moonshine !? Everything is fine, go on. The local precinct still has no connection with Northrop Grumman.

[Honest Citizen]

Do you otherwise drive moonshine !?

Do not fall raspberries!
But he got excited, yes. It’s unpleasant when they fly with impunity over you.

[Terenin]

Quote: Honest Citizen

Well, or take over control and "land"

Quote: Honest Citizen

Specialists, ay!

I don’t know about drones, but if there’s something "smart" to yap, like about "passive location" ..., then experts will "land" with minuses on "I don't want to"

[Shurik70]

Quote: Honest Citizen

Do we have anything to bring down this?

Sure, not a problem.
Saw off the wing, and any plane, even an UAV, crashes.

[Tsoy]

Quote: Honest Citizen

Do we have anything to bring down this?
Or take over control and "land"?
Specialists, ay!

I’m not a specialist, but if Iran could, then we are also able to think ...

[rhino]

No one on this planet, except the owners of this aircraft, is able to seize control over it. About Iran, these are fairy tales !!!

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

To shoot down such a drone is not a problem and easier than a modern fighter or cruise missile.

The danger of such UAVs is that they can collect reconnaissance data even without entering our airspace, not to a great depth along the perimeter, but nevertheless quickly transfer them to the command post.

What are they doing now.

[rhino]

Something tells me that knocking it down is beyond the task. Surely in dangerous areas it is covered by AWACS, etc.

[rocket757]

Quote: Nashorn

Something tells me that knocking it down is beyond the task. Surely in dangerous areas it is covered by AWACS, etc.

AWACS is not etc., it’s the same scout, more of course, with the crew.
Fighters can cover, but why? This thing doesn’t fly wherever you need .... unless its electronic brains catch a glitch or the bamboo operator smokes.

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

This UAV was made for long-term reconnaissance near the border or deep behind enemy lines, and fighters simply cannot cover it all the time, no matter how much they want to. Otherwise, they themselves may fall into the zone of enemy air defense and may be destroyed.

For fuel, it will also be problematic to accompany a relatively economical UAV that can be in the air for more than 24 hours with fighters burning a huge amount of fuel.

UAVs and UAVs to risk equipment and not people.

Even a downed UAV is beneficial, since this fact immediately indicates that the enemy has powerful air defense in this area. And if he was with the fighters, it’s more likely that not only UAVs, but all the fighters will be shot down.

With an AWACS aircraft, another tactic is the use, if UAVs are sent to the borders or deep into the enemy’s defense, then the AWACS reconnaissance aircraft from far away due to the power of its radar, and here it makes sense to cover it with fighters and sea or land defense.

[rocket757]

Quote: Ratmir_Ryazan

With the AWACS another tactic

AWACS and the like, do not violate borders ...
If it comes to "hot" showdowns, the tactics of use will be changed.

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

AWACS and the like, do not violate borders ...
If it comes to "hot" showdowns, the tactics of use will be changed.

How? What on aircraft AWACS will begin to break into the enemy’s air defense?

[rocket757]

How will he answer this ... He will fly in dangerous areas under cover, not enter the enemy’s air defense defeat zones, without taking appropriate protective measures.

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

It will fly in dangerous areas under cover, not enter the enemy’s air defense defeat zones, without taking appropriate protective measures.

Well, so I wrote about this -

about the AWACS aircraft reconnaissance from afar due to the power of its radar

[rocket757]

Now, in peacetime, these aircraft are quietly entering the access zones of our air defense, being outside our airspace. Nearby, but do not violate borders.
The closer you got, the more chances to find out / scout something new.
Nothing really threatens them, not a war after all. Our fit, check, fluttered their wings and all!

[Vita vko]

Quote: Ratmir_Ryazan

To shoot down such a drone is not a problem and easier than a modern fighter or cruise missile.

The danger of such UAVs is that they can collect reconnaissance data without even entering our airspace

Why waste missiles on dumb electronic spies, provoking tensions and conflicts in the region. Now is the age of laser and electromagnetic weapons. It is still too early to talk about the physical destruction of such long-range UAVs, but the power of such systems as "Peresvet" and similar electronic warfare systems is quite enough to disable all optoelectronic, location and communication systems of not only UAVs, but also satellites.

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

It’s too early to talk about the physical destruction of such long-range UAVs

Have you seen that somewhere in the exercises, a laser or electromagnetic weapon destroyed at least an UAV?

[Vita vko]

Quote: Ratmir_Ryazan

In exercises, a laser or an electromagnetic weapon destroyed at least an UAV?

There have not been such exercises yet. Tests are being conducted at the proving and military level, mainly due to secrecy requirements. But the systems themselves with video reports and developer comments had to be studied, both Russian and Belarusian. The difference in power parameters, although an order of magnitude, but the fact itself speaks volumes. Similar Chinese and American developments in general, you can see on YouTube.

[Ironcity]

And what problems can bring him down? The Iranians somehow managed, I think ours will be able to, his goal is quite simple.

[30hgsa]

Any means of air defense. This is an easy target.

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

Not any, for example from MANPADS, Strela-10 you can’t get one.

But in general, Russia has no problems knocking down such an UAV.

[demo]

MIG 31 easily catches up and removes.
But planting is more difficult.

[rhino]

About the 31st it is still theoretically possible to imagine, but about landing it is IMPOSSIBLE !!!

[rocket757]

Quote: Nashorn

About the 31st it is still theoretically possible to imagine, but about landing it is IMPOSSIBLE !!!

Why such a speeding vehicle as the MIG 31, to chase this slow-moving ship? ANY fighter will catch up and knock down ANY ... that's why this thing does not fly to us, only around, in a neutral, alien zone.

[Rzzz]

Quote: Honest Citizen

Well, or take control

Well, enough of this nonsense about "take over control", it seems like it's not television for a wide layman who grabs everything. You can take control of the toy RU from the store. A device of such class as a subject does not have external control, it is impossible to "intercept" it because it simply does not exist. He fulfills the flight mission using the autopilot using his autonomous sensors. Yes, the device is in contact with the base, and the flight mission can be corrected for it, but there is such an encryption of the data stream that without keys, it can be opened for thousands of years.

[Politruk-m]

We will wet and drop them! So what to do ?

[cost]

Honest Citizen (Sergey): We have something to bring down this?
Specialists, ay!

Politruk-m (Carry on): We will wet and drop them!

Vitaliy suggests using the BE 200ES to wet the Global Hawk, after which the drone will fall.

Are there any alternative suggestions?

[knn54]

Ask Iran, more precisely, the IRGC.

[The leader of the Redskins]

The adversaries do not sleep ...

[Vladimir61]

Cool USA fooled Europop - bought yourself five drones at the expense of their European freeloaders!

[Alien From]

So it is, the mattresses of Europeans are held tightly by the trunk, one of Germany’s gold reserves is worth .....

[rhino]

Why yourself ??? The United States will not have control codes. Perhaps there is an agreement in case of war.

[Terenin]

Global Hawk is able to carry out reconnaissance of point targets with high resolution and transmit intelligence to the command in real time

Well, that's right in combat mode, getting on time never hurts . Make friends with operators

[Dmitry Donskoy]

Everything is clear about intelligence, but what does the Balts have to do with it? Why do they need this info?

[Pete mitchell]

I think it's easier for Zigonelu equalize, the view is certainly beautiful

[novel66]

and isn't the funnel prettier? Hello!

[Pete mitchell]

Quote: novel xnumx

and isn't the funnel prettier?

for sure, and everything on the volcano in the background, we write off

[Pete mitchell]

To the person who personally denounced: are you worried about Etna? She is stone

[30hgsa]

Well xs, IMHO for the tasks of long and long-range reconnaissance, it is more expedient to build a car around a turboprop or turbofan engine. It will be cheaper, more economical.

[30hgsa]

The question is if you need to patrol at high altitude and relatively high (over 300km / h) speed ... this is one thing. In these modes, the turbojet engine is good. And if you need to fly long and slow over the war zone - the turboprop will be better.

[Rzzz]

So this is the turbofan. The same motors are installed on regional "Embraers".
And propellers at high altitude work worse.

[Lord of the Sith]

And so drones from Italy to our borders flew, the Black Sea, LDNR and so on.
Now, along the entire European border of Russia, they will crawl like lice to a known place.

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

We also need this. It is especially valuable to receive real-time data with a high resolution in the area.

[30hgsa]

At Altair, everyone is sawing ... he’s slower, of course, and easier, but from the point of view of intelligence, IMHO can solve the tasks of the global hock. The only question is when they finish it and whether they finish it at all :( Something is somehow not easy going there.

[Keyser soze]

Be afraid and I have a drone Mavic 2 Pro, but I ride only over Bulgaria so as not to fall under the C400 ....

Otherwise, we have a big Orthodox holiday today - our church will celebrate the holy righteous Alexander Nevsky, defender of men and soldiers of the faith, so I congratulate all Aleksandrov on the occasion of their name’s celebration (I don’t know how it is in Russian - den ...)

[cost]

And you with a holiday
In Russian there will be Angel Day

[sabakina]

Quote: Keyser Soze

so I congratulate all Alexandrov on the occasion of their name (I don’t know how in Russian - names den ...)

Name day. Eugene. Do you really think the S-400 will be chasing your Mavic 2 Pro drone?

[Keyser soze]

Name day. Eugene.

Thank you.

Do you really think the S-400 will be chasing your Mavic 2 Pro drone?

Of course! My Mavik is a formidable flying device of a new era - I can knock the battery out of a child's way ...

By the way, for each flight should replenish a lot of papers and call our WFD about 12 times. If even these Global Hawk have so much paperwork and bureaucracy fly once every three years ...

[NBV]

Rusnazite celebrate Svet Aleksandar Nevsky trace 13 den. Those sa by the Julian calendar and not by the Gregorian.
And on the helmet on Alexander Nevsky, the inscription is in Arabic with the text from the Quran. The ima of obscurity is relatively obscure by the personality and affiliation of the Orthodox Church.

[NN52]

Keyser Soze (Eugene)
Well, I don’t know what you are celebrating there ... but we are honored just such a holiday today.

[30hgsa]

And in what place, US-bought, US-made drones - their own :)
I remember at one time Argentina decided to fight with small Britain. So their own weapons purchased in France and the United States ... refused to explode in 70% of cases. If at least half of the same exosets exploded ... Argentina could have won the war :)

[Stone]

You need to change your nickname to "IMHO". It will be possible not to add it to the comment. To be honest)

[Igorpl]

Hardly in the interests of 29, rather one.

[Saxahorse]

There is a curious legal nuance. All these long-range UAVs do not really fall under any agreements. Strictly speaking, they can be stupidly knocked down like some unidentified flying objects of unknown nature. :)

True, for such a simple solution you need to have at least steel tests.

[Saboteur Holuy]

Uniquely useful aircraft! It’s a pity that we don’t have such a close

[NF68]

It was high time to do so.

[Protos]

Quote: Honest Citizen

Do you otherwise drive moonshine !?

Do not fall raspberries!
But he got excited, yes. It’s unpleasant when they fly with impunity over you.

Well, recently, the Iranians landed such a thing with their \ Chinese samopal