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Moro Liberation MILF Shoots Down Second Air Spy Vehicle In Maguindanao
20 June 2009
The freedom fighters (mujahideen) of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) had shot down another spy vehicle in Muti, Guindolongan, Maguindanao on June 9, a belated report reaching luwaran.com/net today. The report described the downed spy vehicle as a mini-helicopter equipped with sensors and cameras. At the time of downing, the air vehicle was hovering low while the fighting was in progress, obviously sending back tactical data to the command headquarters of the 6th Infantry Division in Awang in Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao where a sophisticated communication or tracking facilities are in place. The downed vehicle had no wings but rotors or rotating airfoils that rotate horizontally to give lift or vertically to help control it. It has Chinese or Japanese markings, indicating that the vehicle or some of its parts were supplied by or bought from foreign companies or governments. Commander Wahid Tundok reportedly ordered one his sharpshooters to zero in on the pestering air vehicle. And with one shot, it crashed down in a hillside. It was however retrieved later by his men with body and parts largely intact. This was the second spy vehicle shot down by MILF mujahideen. The first was a spy plane or drone, which was downed on November 1, 2008. Both the drone and mini-helicopter were shot down in almost the same spot in said town. The engine of the drone was made by Kubota Company of Japan and the camera had a marking showing it was of Australian made. Almost immediately, the two vehicles, after photographing them, were dismantled and destroyed. However, report said that one Army colonel in Mindanao was trying to negotiate for the return of the downed drone in exchange for P400,000 but the MILF decided instead to destroy it and threw into the Rio Grande de Mindanao.
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