Drone war-fail: Inept jihadi CRASHES makeshift spy plane into path of Iraqi soldiers
A CLUELESS Islamic State jihadi managed to crash his makeshift spy drone into a group of Iraqi soldiers – giving himself away in the process.
ISIS jihadist manages to CRASH spy drone near Iraqi soldiers
Incredible GoPro footage shows a clear image of the blundering bearded terrorist as he launched the ramshackle plane off a roof into the Iraqi desert.
As the drone soars over compounds and mud-clad houses, all seems well for ISIS’s low-tech surveillance machine.
But the clip then cuts to the moment the dry desert appears to get far closer as the drone plummets to the ground… right into the path of a squad of Iraq soldiers.
The bundling terrorist managed to reveal himself on camera
An Iraqi solider shows off the GoPro camera attached to the drone
The bemused soldiers then investigate the amateurish-looking plane, apparently held together with reams of gaffer tape.
One smiling soldier then produces the GoPro from his pocket.
The group found the device on Tuesday in al-Tuwaymeen village, approximately 50 miles (80km) from Mosul in northern Iraq.
The shadow of the drone can be seen as it plummets to earth
Unmanned warfare is coming absolutely
Fortunately for the soldiers, the drone was being used purely for observational purposes and was not carrying any explosives.
The intriguing find comes after observer groups have warned depraved ISIS are modifying commercial drones to carry bombs.
At a speech at Oxford University to engineers and academics, he said: “Science fiction will soon be science fact.
“Unmanned warfare is coming absolutely."