Talk:HESA Karrar

"Context" tag
That was the closest thing I could find to an appropriate tag. Much more information is needed than a summary of the aircraft's unveiling. Who makes it? Why does Iran want them? Etc. Etc... - The Bushranger One ping only 16:33, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

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Beechcraft
The cited source clearly links the Karrar to the 1970s Beechcraft target drone. The source looks reliable enough to me, it's a defense magazine. If there are sources stating that that's false, I haven't seen them. For these reasons I will reinstate the content and I'd like to invite the IP editor to explain why it should be removed; see WP:BRD.

While I'm at it I'll reword the content removed from the lead that previously had inappropriate, unsourced language ("fraudulently"). Huon (talk) 23:01, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The IP editor keeps removing information that links the Karrar to either the Beechcraft or the South African Skua drone. Yet the source they provided in the edit summary, https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world//iran/karrar.htm, confirms the connection to both: "The design of the Karrar traces back to the BQM-126A target drone, developed by the U.S. company Beechcraft in the 1970s." And: "[...] first public showing on August 22, 2010 strongly suggest that it is a near identical primary copy turned up side down of a South African, (Denel Aerospace Systems) Kentron - designed - HTD -1 Skua high speed target drone UAV [...] this is no surprise based on the known 2006 technology transfers from both South Africa and Russia to several nation states of the region". If there is a source that disputes the connections to Beechcraft and Skua, this isn't it. Even if such a source can be found, that's no reason to remove all mention of this connection since it's well-sourced; if there is a reliable source disputing the link, the thing to do is to note in the article that sources disagree on this issue. For now I'll restore the well-sourced content. Huon (talk) 19:00, 11 December 2019 (UTC)