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2022-09-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US compels Iran to release seized sail drones
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Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-03 05:35|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ]  Top

#1 Saildrone: Any Sensor, Anytime, Anywhere.
Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-03 05:37||   2022-09-03 05:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Iran Briefly Seized Two U.S. Navy Unmanned Sailboats In The Red Sea (Updated)
Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-03 07:38||   2022-09-03 07:38|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ Perhaps the unmanned craft were designed to be....captured ?
Posted by Besoeker 2022-09-03 07:40||   2022-09-03 07:40|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ Yes.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-09-03 07:42||   2022-09-03 07:42|| Front Page Top

#5 designed to be....captured

Oh. OHH!
Posted by Dron66046 2022-09-03 08:40||   2022-09-03 08:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Crazy how we just keep losing unmanned vehicles to Iran.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-03 12:25||   2022-09-03 12:25|| Front Page Top

#7 From Skidmark’s The Drive link:

Posted by trailing wife 2022-09-03 13:13||   2022-09-03 13:13|| Front Page Top

#8 Also this, just posted on the Times of Israel site:

A pair of American naval drones that were briefly seized Friday by Iranian forces in the Red Sea were returned with their cameras missing, a US official said.

The Iranian sailors initially tried to cover the drones with tarps and deny they had them, added the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss unpublicized details about the seizure.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, it was unclear if the Iranians took the cameras or if they fell off when the drones were removed from the water and later put back in.

The US Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet identified the seized drones as Saildrone Explorers. Those drones are commercially available and used by a variety of clients, including scientists, to monitor open waters.

“The unmanned surface vessels were unarmed and taking unclassified photos of the surrounding environment while loitering in an assigned patrol area at least 4 nautical miles from the nearest maritime traffic lane,” the 5th Fleet said.

“The vessels posed no risk to naval traffic and had been operating in the general vicinity of the Southern Red Sea for more than 200 consecutive days without incident.”

The Navy’s guided-missile destroyers USS Nitze and USS Delbert D. Black responded to the seizure at 2 p.m. Thursday and each deployed MH-60 SeaHawk helicopters, the 5th Fleet said. Iran ultimately released the drones at 8 a.m. Friday.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-09-03 13:18||   2022-09-03 13:18|| Front Page Top

#9 "unclassified photos of the surrounding environment" ... waves? So the Iranians swiped the cameras.
Posted by Bobby 2022-09-03 18:59||   2022-09-03 18:59|| Front Page Top

#10 Why are photos not digitally stored somewhere other than the drone?
Posted by Airandee 2022-09-03 19:36||   2022-09-03 19:36|| Front Page Top

#11 So, practice for "hunting over bait?"
Posted by M. Murcek  2022-09-03 20:14||   2022-09-03 20:14|| Front Page Top

#12 See the wireless antenna on the sail?
Pictures sent to 'the cloud'.
Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-03 20:26||   2022-09-03 20:26|| Front Page Top

#13 
The United States compelled Iran, "Tehran was below the cloud before the "accident happened"...understand?
Posted by Gloluse Bucket1658 2022-09-03 21:59||   2022-09-03 21:59|| Front Page Top

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