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2011-12-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by tipper 2011-12-04 10:18|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 Update
The informed source said on Sunday that Iran Army's electronic warfare unit successfully targeted the American-built RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft after it crossed into Iranian airspace over the border with neighboring Afghanistan.

He added that the US reconnaissance drone has been seized with minimum damage.

The RQ-170 is a stealth unmanned aircraft designed and developed by Lockheed Martin Company.

The US military and the CIA use the drone to launch missile strikes in Afghanistan and in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region.

The unnamed Iranian military official further added that due to the clear border violation, the operational and electronic measures taken by the Islamic Republic of Iran's Armed Forces against invading aircraft will not remain limited to the Iran's borders.

The report comes as the United States has beefed up its military presence in and around the Persian Gulf region in recent months in the wake of popular uprising in Bahrain.

The US Department of Defense says Washington is closely monitoring the developments in Bahrain, which is the headquarters of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet and holds some 4,200 US service members.

Posted by tipper 2011-12-04 10:28|| 2011-12-04 10:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Curious what they used.

Posted by Iblis 2011-12-04 11:43|| 2011-12-04 11:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Equipment malfunction.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-12-04 11:53|| 2011-12-04 11:53|| Front Page Top

#4 I guess the Mullahs will store the drone in the same place they store explosives. Seems like a good idea.

Posted by Lord Garth 2011-12-04 12:38|| 2011-12-04 12:38|| Front Page Top

#5 We never said the drones were invulnerable. Maybe it was an equipment failure, maybe it was shot down. We have plenty more.

Posted by Steve White 2011-12-04 14:30|| 2011-12-04 14:30|| Front Page Top

#6 maybe it never happened

Posted by Frank G 2011-12-04 15:47|| 2011-12-04 15:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Or maybe not actually being there flying the thing, and instead in a cozy room hundreds if not thousands of miles away, the operator got lazy-eye and made a mistake.

Posted by Charles 2011-12-04 15:55|| 2011-12-04 15:55|| Front Page Top

#8 gee, I hope the IRGC doesn't download the data onto a flashdrive and plug it into their nuke computer network. That would make them invulnerable to our UAVs. I hope they don't find out!

Posted by Frank G 2011-12-04 17:02|| 2011-12-04 17:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Control was probably lost.

Posted by newc 2011-12-04 17:25|| concisemagazine.com 2011-12-04 17:25|| Front Page Top

#10 Epic FAIL

Posted by Creregum Glolump8403 2011-12-04 17:44|| 2011-12-04 17:44|| Front Page Top

#11 They may have done something to take control of the drone from in Iran and caused it to cross the border and crash.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-12-04 18:03|| 2011-12-04 18:03|| Front Page Top

#12 The pilot was not captured and will not be torutured or held for ransom.

Posted by Glenmore 2011-12-04 18:58|| 2011-12-04 18:58|| Front Page Top

#13 These are not the drones you are looking for

Posted by European Conservative 2011-12-04 22:06|| 2011-12-04 22:06|| Front Page Top

#14 I'll just say my nose hairs are twitching.

* ION DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [SecDef Panetta] US SAYS STRIKE ON IRAN MAY MISS NUCLEAR SITES, espec iff underground. Iran's NucDevProgs may be delayed by 1-2 years only.

* SAME > IRANIAN NAVY WILL COUNTER ALL THREATS WID MARTYRDOM-SEEKING SPIRIT.

Shia-kaze attack, in case the QADERS Missles don't work???

* RUSSIA TODAY > [Radio host Stephen Lendman] DRONE DOWNED IN IRAN: "US GREAT GAME COULD SPARK WWIII".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-12-04 22:19|| 2011-12-04 22:19|| Front Page Top

#15 Shhhhhhh, #8 Frank. Loose lips sink ship, y'know.

Posted by Barbara 2011-12-04 22:56|| 2011-12-04 22:56|| Front Page Top

#16 ooops!

Posted by Frank G 2011-12-04 23:14|| 2011-12-04 23:14|| Front Page Top

#17 WORLD NEWS > NATO SAYS DRONE LOST OVER AFGHANISTAN, NOT IRAN.

Also from WORLD NEWS > BRITISH EXPERT: US< UK, + ISRAEL PLANNING TERRORIST ACTS IN IRAN.

Bug Bunny's SABOTAGE-RY.

versus

* SAME > [Ayman Zawahiri] AL QAEDA TO FREE AMERICAN [kidnapped = Warren Weinstein]IFF AIR STRIKES STOPPED IN PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, + all other Muslim States overwatched by Drones.

ARTIC > AYMAN = also demands the release of any + all Muslim Prisoners held at GITMO + IN THE US; says AQ CAN FREE HIM, KEEP HIM CAPTIVE FOR YEARS, OR ELSE KILL HIM IFF HE DOES SOMETHING STUPID.

KSM, AAFIA SIDDIQUE, the SHOE Bomber?, UNDERWEAR Bomber, TIMES SQUARE Bomber, ........@etal.

D *** NG IT, AYMAN WANTS 'EM ALL!

I was going to say "Does Joe Paterno, Sandusky, + Penn State know?", but never mind for now.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-12-04 23:31|| 2011-12-04 23:31|| Front Page Top

#18 They probably have sone provisions in place just in case a drone gets lost (which is bound to happen anyway)

Posted by European Conservative 2011-12-04 23:33|| 2011-12-04 23:33|| Front Page Top

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