GERMANY: GERMAN MILITARY ANNOUNCE THEY'VE ACCEPTED A U.N. REQUEST TO PRESENT THE LUNA SPY PLANE FOR EVENTUAL USE BY THE UNMOVIC TEAM

Record ID: 646984

  • Title: GERMANY: GERMAN MILITARY ANNOUNCE THEY'VE ACCEPTED A U.N. REQUEST TO PRESENT THE LUNA SPY PLANE FOR EVENTUAL USE BY THE UNMOVIC TEAM
  • Date: 11th February 2003
  • Summary: (U7) IFFELDORF, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 11, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS OF A MODEL OF THE LUNA SPY PLANE ON DISPLAY IN HALL (13 SHOTS) 1.10 2. VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATION OF THE LUNA PLANE IN EXTERIOR, WITH THE LUNA SPY PLANE BEING CATAPULTED IN THE AIR, AND FLYING IN THE SKY (8 SHOTS) 2.03 3. SCU: (SOUNDBITE)(German) LIEUTENANT KLAUS-JOERG HIMSTEDT SAYING "The main advantage of the plane is that it takes pictures with a great precision, in colour, and delivers them in real-time. It has other many smaller advantages, such as mobility, or the fact that its takes are recorded on video, which is very important for verification purposes." 2.26 4. SV'S: EXTERIOR OF A TRUCK WITH LUNA SPY PLANE DRAWN ON ITS SIDE/ CAMERA CREW FILMING (2 SHOTS) 2.35 5. SV/CU: SOLDIERS SEATING INSIDE TRUCK DEMONSTRATING HOW THEY DIRECT THE PLANE, AND A FEW PICTURES THAT GET TRANSMITTED (2 SHOTS) 6. SLV: MORE OF THE PLANE FLYING 2.52 7. SCU/SV: SOLDIER LOOKING AT SCREEN; DIRECTING PLANE (2 SHOTS) 3.02 8. VARIOUS: PLANE COMING DOWN IN TREES; SOLDIERS DISMANTLING PLANE AND PUTTING IT INTO TRUCK (4 SHOTS) 3.31 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 26th February 2003 12:00
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  • Location: IFFELDORF, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVA3KURDLB57RZB0VQG7HAB6AJT6
  • Story Text: The German military have announced they have accepted a
    request from the United Nations to present the Luna spy plane,
    for an eventual use by the UNMOVIC team.


    On Tuesday (February 11, 2003), German military presented
    the Luna plane to the media.

    They outlined its exceptional performances. The plane
    flies as far as 80 kilometres per hour, and can stay in the
    air up to four hours. But its main advantages over other
    models is that it transmits pictures in real time.

    German military said it has many other advantages.

    "The main advantage of the plane is that it takes pictures
    with a great precision, in colour and delivers them in
    real-time. It has other many smaller advantages, such as
    mobility, or the fact that its takes are recorded on video -
    which is very important for verification purposes," Lieutenant
    Klaus-Joerg Himstedt said.

    The German army has used the plane for the last three
    years, mainly in reconnaissance missions over Kosovo and
    Macedonia. The Luna planes flew over four hundred
    reconnaissance missions.

    It can be used for military missions, as well as civilian
    missions such as borders control or surveillance of ecological
    subjects.


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