For the first time US Air Force has confirmed that its arsenal contains an advanced stealth aircraft called ‘Beast of Kandahar‘. The images of the unmanned drone appeared on the Internet sometime ago. Before Tuesday, the Air Force kept it covered in secrecy. It has been developed by eminent aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin and according to the US Air Force, the stealth aircraft is meant for giving surveillance support and reconnaissance to augment the ground forces.

The Drone got the name ‘Beast Of Kandahar’ after its photographs got leaked by a French magazine, Air & Cosmos, was apparently the first to publish the photo of the aircraft earlier this year. The photo quality isn’t particularly good, but even untrained eyes can recognize that the UAV isn’t a Predator, Reaper or Global Hawk, types often seen over Afghanistan and Iraq.. The photos showed the aircraft flying in the sky of southern Afghanistan. That was almost two years back. It is similar to the famous B-2 bomber in terms of looks. The state of the art stealth aircraft is the brain child of Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs, a facility that is involved in implementing top secret US defense projects. Lockheed is the entity that credited with making aeronautic marvels like the F-22 fighter jet, F-117 Nighthawk and the U-2 spy plane.

The presence of the drone in a nation like Afghanistan has prompted the war experts to question USA’s intention all the more closely. As everyone knows, the militants and insurgents in that country do not have enough surveillance equipment. Some people are looking at it as an indirect way of spying on the neighboring countries of Afghanistan. The US Air force has plans to increase the number of unmanned stealth aircraft in the future, and the Beast of Kandahar is a prime example of that intention.

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