TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran claimed Sunday that it had recovered data
from an American spy drone that went down in Iran last year, including
information that the aircraft was used to spy on Osama bin Laden weeks
before he was killed. Iran also said it was building a copy of the
drone.
Similar unmanned surveillance planes have been used in Afghanistan
for years and kept watch on bin Laden's compound in Pakistan. But U.S.
officials have said little about the history of the particular aircraft
now in Iran's possession.
Tehran, which has also been known to exaggerate its military and
technological prowess, says it brought down the RQ-170 Sentinel, a
top-secret drone equipped with stealth technology, and has flaunted the
capture as a victory for Iran and a defeat for the United States.
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I thought they had explosives to self destruct.Almost sounds like they wanted them to get it for whatever reason.
ReplyDelete9:20-Bingo.For reasons that the general public does not need to know,the capture of the drone appears intentional by the US.By providing Iran with a method of exacting what they perceive as a threat toward the US,their attention has been briefly averted away from their nuclear ambitions.For all we know,the "stealth technology"claimed by our government might just be antiquated technology encased in a stealth exterior.
ReplyDeleteObama would not give the go ahead to destroy the drone. Another big mistake by a democratic president. Remember when China couldn't send a rocket into space without it exploding. That is, until Clinton sold them our military secrets and asked them not to share them. Both presidents should have been impeached and tried for treason.
ReplyDeleteJust note the lack of urgency on the part of the US.The only reason they are publicizing this issue is for the benifit of Iran.History has proven that as long as Iran "thinks" they have us on the ropes they are satisfied & will remain at bay.To the US this is the equivalent of losing an empty wallet.
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