New Delhi: The US' Central Investigation Agency's senior officer, who planned Iranian General Qasem Soleimani's slaying, is reported to have been killed in a US military plane crash in Afghanistan.
Michael D' Andrea, the CIA's point person for Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, allegedly responsible for Soleimani's slaying was killed in Sunday's plane crash in Ghazni, Iranian media reported on Monday.
The spokesman for US forces in Afghanistan, Col. Sonny Leggett on Sunday said that the military plane, a Bombardier E-11A, crashed in the Ghazni province.
On January 3, Soleimani was killed in a US airstrike near Baghdad international airport.
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The so-called Battlefield Airborne Communications Node can be carried on unmanned or crewed aircraft like the E-11A. It is used by the military to extend the range of radio signals and can be used to convert the output of one device to another, such as connecting a radio to a telephone.
Colloquially referred by the US military as “Wi-Fi in the sky,” the BACN system is used in areas where communications are otherwise difficult, elevating signals above obstacles like mountains. The system is in regular use in Afghanistan.
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