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Iranian forces can electronically hijack a plane but have to board one with bombs strapped to their chest just to preserve the "old customs"?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...ternational%29Iran's military said on Sunday it had shot down a U.S. reconnaissance drone aircraft in eastern Iran, a military source told state television.
"Iran's military has downed an intruding RQ-170 American drone in eastern Iran," Iran's Arabic-language Al Alam state television network quoted the unnamed source as saying.
Note that the wiki article says that the Fars New Agency story says that "Iranian Electronic Warfare Units managed to take control of the UAV and take custody of it with minor damage."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16098562Iranian TV has shown the first video footage of an advanced US drone aircraft that Tehran says it downed near the Afghan border.
Images show Iranian military officials inspecting the RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft which appears to be undamaged.
US officials have acknowledged the loss of the unmanned plane, saying it had malfunctioned.
However, Iranian officials say its forces electronically hijacked the drone and steered it to the ground.
Iranian forces can electronically hijack a plane but have to board one with bombs strapped to their chest just to preserve the "old customs"?
It didn't get shot down, it just malfunctioned and crash landed.
Why wasn't there a self-destruct option this stealth drone?
Why wasn't it found and a fire missle fired immediatly at the drone once it went down?
this thing should be easy to reverse engineer. Especially with the help of China.
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They're ALL LYING, It's The American Way
http://www.businessinsider.com/iran-...e-base-2011-12The Iranian video footage of the downed RQ-170 drone suggest that either Iran has one of a set of model builders or they somehow managed to compromise a highly secure US computer network.
If it's the latter, it may be no coincidence that in October Noah Shactman broke a story out of Creech Air Force base exposing a widespread computer virus that had fully infected drone operations. Two months ago it was believed the drones most likely to suffer from such and attack would be Reapers or Predators, but the RQ-170s also fly out of Creech AFB.
If the Iranians somehow breached the drone network and were able to reprogram the drone to make a gentle landing, in country, from 50,000 feet, it would be a military and engineering coup.
The RQ-170 doesn't require an outside signal to fly or navigate, so the suggestion that the drones signal could have been jammed is not entirely likely.
That pic of Shia was outside a bar in Canada, right?
I posted that pic is because that's what's going on under Obama's watch. Drones are killing people ie American citizens who don't get due process. Obama is just as much as a war monger as Bush was. Why does Obama get a pass when he is a war monger but Bush didn't?
Not excusing the very disappointing Barry, but can anyone imagine how hard it would be for any President to stop the MIC/CIA/black ops from invading, violating, murdering all over the planet, and sucking down $Bs in profits from taxpayers?
I have no proof of course, anybody got any data?, but I assume the MIC/CIA/black ops are completely out of governmental control.
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what american citizens are getting killed by drones?
The one they killed in whatever-stan not to long ago.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/...20113853.shtml
This clown?
So Pakistani/US citizen, who is a self described member of al queda makes propaganda which has lead to the deaths of Americans is in a car with an enemy target and gets killed and that is somehow against our cons ution? lol. Glad you liberals weren't around when the Confederacy seceded.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/...20113853.shtml
This clown?
So Pakistani/US citizen, who is a self described member of al queda makes propaganda which has lead to the deaths of Americans is in a car with an enemy target and gets killed and that is somehow against our cons ution? lol. Glad you liberals weren't around when the Confederacy seceded.
Lol they didn't shoot the thing down, or hijack it electronically. It malfunctioned and we lost contact, and it landed itself without a scratch as programmed to do. Dunno why it didn't have a self destruct feature, sounds like it was meant to happen to me. I'm still trying to figure out why, but they definitely wanted Iran to find that thing. Maybe to further stir up tensions, I really don't know.
Well, we've asked for it back. That should end that!
There's an intelligence blogger that wondered (until it was revealed that it was Obama) who rejected the three scenarios offered by the military for retrieving or destroying the drone.
In his blog post, he suggests that because there was plenty of time to hold meetings, present options, and make decisions, that the drone was not shot down or controlled by the Iranians but, instead, suffered a malfunction that set it down in Iran where -- for, at least, some period of time -- there were options to exercise.
Myself, I wonder if (and hope that) the drone is some sort of red herring that is not even a close representation of our actual drones. That it's loaded with some Stuxnet type virus in the software that will cause any reverse-engineered replica to hunt down Ahmadenijad and fly up his ass.
Just sayin'
ROFL.
Seriously.
Former Vice President Cheney seems to take issue with the current administration's handling of the whole affair.
Cheney: Obama should have destroyed drone
LOL "the mass murderer" Cheney should be giving his 2 cents from jail
Regardless of your opinion of Vice President Cheney, he can probably speak with some authority on what our capabilities are in this area.
no he can't. He is responsible for the up in Iraq and the deaths of thousands of americans. This is like asking Jerry Sanduski advice on how to bathe your children.
Seyc es drone crash raises more questions about security
U.S. officials said Tuesday that another drone aircraft has mysteriously crashed, this time while on routine patrol around the small island nation of Seyc es, east of Africa.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/1...=Google+Reader
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Well, just buy some more. Taxpayers have very deep pockets for MIC toys and entertainment.
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That one must be for the Chinese who are getting ready to establish a naval port at Seyc es.
China says mulling Seyc es naval hosting offer
Merry Christmas to all our enemies! Drones all around.
It's an expensive RC plane with a boatload of electronics, 90% of which are probably made in china to begin with. I don't see what the hoopla is all about, frankly. If you told me it carries nuclear warheads, then we would have a problem. Otherwise, there's little novel about it.
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