Iran: We Stole All Secrets From US Drone

[Kelly.]

You have posed a good question, why didn't the drone self destruct once the pilot had lost control of it?

the drone is set to return to the airfield it launched from.
iran overrode the GPS signal getting the the drone (ground based systems blasting GPS at the drone), and the drone thought it was landing at the afghan airfield. the iranian airfield was a bit higher in elevation, which hurt some parts of the landing gear, hence the black skirt.

if you dont think the gps can be overridden, read this: http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/none/...-1-000-spoofer

recently iran has claimed to have another US drone (navy ScanEagle drone)
http://news.kuwaittimes.net/2012/12/...rone-captured/

[Dr.3D]

the drone is set to return to the airfield it launched from.
iran overrode the GPS signal getting the the drone (ground based systems blasting GPS at the drone), and the drone thought it was landing at the afghan airfield. the iranian airfield was a bit higher in elevation, which hurt some parts of the landing gear, hence the black skirt.

if you dont think the gps can be overridden, read this: http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/none/...-1-000-spoofer

recently iran has claimed to have another US drone (navy ScanEagle drone)
http://news.kuwaittimes.net/2012/12/...rone-captured/

Sounds like an engineering problem. Had the engineers known of that vulnerability, they probably would have had it self destruct in the event of lost control rather than relying on GPS to return it.

[Confederate]

Seems like the U2 wouldn't have needed to have a self destruct button on it if they had just made it so the plane would self destruct once the ejection seat had safely removed the pilot.

You have posed a good question, why didn't the drone self destruct once the pilot had lost control of it?

that feature will be in the next model.

And cost an extra $50 million per drone.

[Dr.3D]

And cost an extra $50 million per drone.

Well, they have a choice. Let the top secret equipment fall into enemy hands or lose the equipment.

[heavenlyboy34]

We do in a detached sense--we send 'em the money to do what they do.

Yeah, but that's so indirect it doesn't really justify the use of "We", in my grammatically nit-picky opinion.

[amy31416]

Yeah, but that's so indirect it doesn't really justify the use of "We", in my grammatically nit-picky opinion.

I disagree. We could have stopped income tax, the Federal Reserve and numerous wars and death, raids, gov't expansion if we put our foot down and refused.

I know it's not realistic (anymore), but "we" keep electing these people and paying them like kings to do what they do.

[RickyJ]

Honestly, I hope they really did discover all the secrets from the drone. Maybe, just maybe, this will ever so slightly make the fight Iran crowd at least a little bit hesitant about attacking them. But, knowing how dumb they are, I doubt it.

[erowe1]

Notice the propaganda.

The Iranian who is quoted doesn't use the word "stole." The journalist does, in a perfectly matter-of-fact way, both in the article and the headline.

How in the world is that theft?

[RickyJ]

Notice the propaganda.

The Iranian who is quoted doesn't use the word "stole." The journalist does, in a perfectly matter-of-fact way, both in the article and the headline.

How in the world is that theft?

True, they stole nothing. They were invaded by a hostile foreign aircraft. They didn't steal it or anything from it. They might have learned many things from it, how significant those discoveries are is the question. I don't think it is very significant at all.

[Kelly.]

Notice the propaganda.

The Iranian who is quoted doesn't use the word "stole." The journalist does, in a perfectly matter-of-fact way, both in the article and the headline.

How in the world is that theft?

more to that point, had the US downed a Iranian drone in US territory, it would be touted as an act of war.
not so when 'merica does it.