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Irans Shows Off Downed RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Drone; Fully Intact; Electronic Cyber Warfare Ambush?
Remember that super-top secret stealth drone that was “reportedly recovered” on Iranian soil? You know, the one that everyone with military clearance said was patrolling over Afghanistan, but somehow managed to end up in the hands of the Iranian regime? Okay, the one that looked like a miniature stealth bomber?
Glad you’re with me.
Iranian officials have been claiming that they used “electronic cyber warfare” to bring the drone down. American officials have, of course, submitted alternative theories. Who to believe?
Considering the thing looks to be nearly fully intact, I’m inclined to follow Iran’s version of this story – yes I said Iran. Look at the picture. That thing didn’t crash.
Courtesy of Professor Jacobson at Legal Insurrection:
Video at the BBC…
DEBKA: Iran exhibited the top-secret US stealth drone RQ-170 Sentinel captured on Sunday, Dec. 4. Its almost perfect condition confirmed Tehran’s claim that the UAV was downed by a cyber attack, meaning it was not shot down but brought in undamaged by an electronic warfare ambush.
The enigmas surrounding its capture continue to pile up. How did Iran know the drone had entered its airspace? How was it caused to land? Most of all, why did the craft’s self-destruct mechanism which is programmed to activate automatically fail to work? And if it malfunctioned, why was it not activated by remote control?
Thursday, Dec. 8, The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reported that from Sunday, Dec. 4, when Tehran announced the stealth drone’s capture, the Obama administration weighed sending special commando forces into Iran from bases in Afghanistan to bring the downed aircraft back to Afghanistan or blow it up to destroy the almost intact secret systems – either by a sneak operation or by an air strike.
Iranian officials said the drone was detected near the Iranian town of Kashmar, 200 kilometers from the Afghan border and presumably moved to a military or air base inside the country. The NYT disclosed that the special force would have used “allied agents inside Iran” to hunt down the missing aircraft, the first time Washington has admitted to support from “allied agents” operating covertly in Iran.
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