Iran captures US Drone

puremagic

I might have to go with Iran’s version as this plane doesn’t seem to show any signs of a damaged plane subjected to a crash.

Iran shows film of captured US drone

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16098562


Iranian 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.

Cosmo

Well... look on the bright side...
Iran will give the drone to China...
You will be able to buy a drone from Wal-Mart next Christmas.

Jason P

I think the engineers that built the drone below will have some explaining to do.

7RayZ

Cosmo wrote:

Well... look on the bright side...
Iran will give the drone to China...
You will be able to buy a drone from Wal-Mart next Christmas.

Jason P

Cosmo wrote:

Well... look on the bright side...
Iran will give the drone to China...
You will be able to buy a drone from Wal-Mart next Christmas.

It's more likely that the Russians will get first dibs considering they are helping them build nuclear weapons.

catefrances

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-rq-170 ... d=15115781


The aircraft shown on Iranian television today was not the American stealth drone that crashed in Iran last week, as the Iranian government claimed, but was likely just a model, U.S. officials told ABC News.

Minutes after a Pentagon spokesperson said that military personnel and others were examining the footage broadcast today of what appeared to be an undamaged stealth RQ-170 Sentinel, multiple U.S. officials said that based on inconsistencies with the design of the drone, along with clues from imagery of the actual drone's crash site, the drone shown was not the Sentinel. U.S. officials previously confirmed that an RQ-170 did, in fact, crash land somewhere in Iran.

For nearly an hour, Iran's Press TV played and replayed footage of two uniformed military men examining the pristine-looking cream-colored frame of what was supposedly the RQ-170.

The Iranian military had claimed it was able to bring down the drone with little damage through a cyber attack as it was flying through Iranian airspace last week. U.S. military officials said the drone was not flying over Iran, but rather in western Afghanistan, and suffered an innocent malfunction before gliding into Iranian airspace. Today U.S. officials said the drone did not land intact.

Pentagon spokesperson Capt. John Kirby told reporters Monday there was no indication the drone was brought down by "hostile activity of any kind."

U.S. officials told ABC News Tuesday the drone had been on a secret surveillance mission for the Central Intelligence Agency when its operators lost control. The CIA declined to comment both when Iran claimed to have the drone and after video surfaced today. Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported that the drone was designed to automatically destroy sensitive data in the case of a malfunction, but in this case it "failed to do so."


The RQ-170, known as the Beast of Kandahar, is one of America's most advanced unarmed surveillance drones -- so sensitive that the Air Force did not even acknowledge its existence until late 2009. It was reportedly used to keep tabs on the man believed to be Osama bin Laden during the Navy SEAL mission that took out the terror leader in Pakistan in May.

BinauralJam

Should paint it Black it's so Blah.

mickeyrat

I call BS. IF they shot it down, it wouldnt look as good as that one shown does.

Cosmo

After looking at the picture and video from iranian television...
not an RQ-170.
...
Paint should be non-reflective grey and marked with U.S. markings and maintenence nomenclature. The leading edge should show some moderate to significant damage due to a gear up landing in the desert. and the Iranians have gone through a lot of work to mask the undercarriage.
An RQ-170 may or may not have been lost over Iran... but, this ain't it.
The Air Force needs to send in an F-22 to hit the crash site with a couple of 2,000lb AG ordinances

Idris

Cosmo wrote:

Well... look on the bright side...
Iran will give the drone to China...
You will be able to buy a drone from Wal-Mart next Christmas.

Hehehe
----
Anyone catch the Daily Show last night?

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-d ... -of-drones

7RayZ

All I know, is that Im tired of the Iran rhetoric already. Im looking at it as another fear mongering propaganda once again exploiting regular civilian population of people of the world just to stuff the pockets of war-mongers with green.

Byrnzie

Jason P wrote:

It's more likely that the Russians will get first dibs considering they are helping them build nuclear weapons.

Do you have evidence to support that comment?

Nope?


Thought not.



Anyone could be mistaken for thinking that the build up to the invasion of Iraq and the lies spewed by our governments never happened. Then again, 9 years is a very long time in some people's minds. Almost qualifies as ancient history.

tybird

Cosmo wrote:

After looking at the picture and video from iranian television...
not an RQ-170.
...
Paint should be non-reflective grey and marked with U.S. markings and maintenence nomenclature. The leading edge should show some moderate to significant damage due to a gear up landing in the desert. and the Iranians have gone through a lot of work to mask the undercarriage.
An RQ-170 may or may not have been lost over Iran... but, this ain't it.
The Air Force needs to send in an F-22 to hit the crash site with a couple of 2,000lb AG ordinances

:thumbup:

yosi

Byrnzie wrote:

Jason P wrote:

It's more likely that the Russians will get first dibs considering they are helping them build nuclear weapons.

Do you have evidence to support that comment?

Nope?


Thought not.



Anyone could be mistaken for thinking that the build up to the invasion of Iraq and the lies spewed by our governments never happened. Then again, 9 years a very long time in some people's minds. Almost qualifies as ancient history.

Honestly, B, it's impressive just how stubborn you can be in ignoring reality. They're building a bomb. The whole world knows it. It's just kinda ridiculous that you haven't caught on by now. Embarrassing even.

And from a purely logical perspective, there's a pretty glaring flaw in an argument that essentially says that if something is not true about A then it must also not be true about B. You know, cause A and B aren't the same.

Smellyman

7RayZ wrote:

All I know, is that Im tired of the US rhetoric already. Im looking at it as another fear mongering propaganda once again exploiting regular civilian population of people of the world just to stuff the pockets of war-mongers with green.

FIXED

Edit: although I think I read it wrong and that is your meaning.

MayDay Malone

Cosmo wrote:

After looking at the picture and video from iranian television...
not an RQ-170.
...
Paint should be non-reflective grey and marked with U.S. markings and maintenence nomenclature. The leading edge should show some moderate to significant damage due to a gear up landing in the desert. and the Iranians have gone through a lot of work to mask the undercarriage.
An RQ-170 may or may not have been lost over Iran... but, this ain't it.
The Air Force needs to send in an F-22 to hit the crash site with a couple of 2,000lb AG ordinances

Whoa! Impressed with your post Cosmo- not that that will win you any friends around here...

Jason P

Byrnzie wrote:

Jason P wrote:

It's more likely that the Russians will get first dibs considering they are helping them build nuclear weapons.

Do you have evidence to support that comment?

Nope?


Thought not.



Anyone could be mistaken for thinking that the build up to the invasion of Iraq and the lies spewed by our governments never happened. Then again, 9 years a very long time in some people's minds. Almost qualifies as ancient history.

Well, I guess I just have to trust the good word of the Iranians and the Soviets.

Also, do you have any evidence that reports on Iran's nuclear program are untrue?

Nope?

Thought not.

Cosmo

MayDay Malone wrote:

Whoa! Impressed with your post Cosmo- not that that will win you any friends around here...

...
Actually... many people here know I'm a well worn gear in massive machinery of the Military-Industrial Complex. I'm not anti-corporation, anti-military, anti-America... I am, anti-War. I believe in a DEFENSE of our nation and the principles of our Constitution... not our CHOOSING to use force for socio-economic expansion into other people's nations for our benefit, not theirs.
I'm okay if some call me hypocrite. I also work on the planes that take those same people from airport to airport to visit their loved one... so, they can suck my bunghole.

MayDay Malone

Cosmo wrote:

MayDay Malone wrote:

Whoa! Impressed with your post Cosmo- not that that will win you any friends around here...

...
Actually... many people here know I'm a well worn gear in massive machinery of the Military-Industrial Complex. I'm not anti-corporation, anti-military, anti-America... I am, anti-War. I believe in a DEFENSE of our nation and the principles of our Constitution... not our CHOOSING to use force for socio-economic expansion into other people's nations for our benefit, not theirs.
I'm okay if some call me hypocrite. I also work on the planes that take those same people from airport to airport to visit their loved one... so, they can suck my bunghole.

I hear ya, I meant that MY liking your post wouldn't help you any, as I am largely considered by the AMT faithful to hold very differing opinions...

Drowned Out

Cosmo wrote:

MayDay Malone wrote:

Whoa! Impressed with your post Cosmo- not that that will win you any friends around here...

...
Actually... many people here know I'm a well worn gear in massive machinery of the Military-Industrial Complex. I'm not anti-corporation, anti-military, anti-America... I am, anti-War. I believe in a DEFENSE of our nation and the principles of our Constitution... not our CHOOSING to use force for socio-economic expansion into other people's nations for our benefit, not theirs.
I'm okay if some call me hypocrite. I also work on the planes that take those same people from airport to airport to visit their loved one... so, they can suck my bunghole.

So (I assume) the US violates the airspace of a sovereign country with a military aircraft....therefore you should go drop bombs on said country....in defense of the constitution? Or to protect the technology?

Wouldn't that be a war-like provocation?...and a choice to go down a path that would, according to the hawks, result in socio-economic expansion? Or were you being facetious?

puremagic

Jason P wrote:

Cosmo wrote:

Well... look on the bright side...
Iran will give the drone to China...
You will be able to buy a drone from Wal-Mart next Christmas.

It's more likely that the Russians will get first dibs considering they are helping them build nuclear weapons.

IAI embarks on drone-manufacturing venture with Russia
By YAAKOV KATZ
12/23/2010 02:25
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=200639

Russia to independently manufacture advanced Israeli drones, after Israel delivers 12 unmanned aerial vehicles in a $53 million deal.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has completed the delivery of a dozen unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to Russia, paving the way for the implementation of a joint venture under which Russia will independently manufacture advanced Israeli drones.

In a $53 million deal signed last year, Israel completed the delivery of 12 UAVs, including the Bird-Eye 400 and the I-View Mk 150, both used for close-range tactical missions, as well as the Searcher II UAV, used for long-range missions.

As part of the deal, IAI trained about 50 Russian pilots at its headquarters near Ben- Gurion Airport. Russia became interested in Israeli-made drones following its 2008 war with Georgia, which used Israeli drones at the time.

Defense officials confirmed that Israel has also decided to allow the Russians to independently manufacture the Heron 1, one of Israel’s most advanced reconnaissance drones. The Heron 1 is used for strategic missions and can carry a wide-range of sensors.

The production line in Russia is being established under a $400 million joint venture signed between IAI and Russian defense group OPK Oboronprom in October.