Iran 'shoots down unmanned plane'

Daily Telegraph ^ | April 9, 2006

[West Coast Conservative]

IRAN had shot down an unmanned surveillance plane in the south amid reports that the United States is planning military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, a press report said today.

"This plane had taken off from Iraq and was filming border areas," a report in the hardline Jumhuri Eslami newspaper said.

It added the Islamic Republic "officials have obtained information from the plane system and recordings", without giving any further details.

US publications reported over the weekend that the White House was studying options for military strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities to pressure Tehran to abandon its controversial nuclear program.

The US media has reported that the US military has been secretly flying surveillance drones over Iran since 2004 using radar, video, still photography and air filters to detect traces of nuclear activity not accessible to satellites.

[CyberAnt]

Great going guys! Now we have the location of the anti-aricraft fire!! A stealth will take them out ahead of time. ROTFOLO!!

Our military does good work!

[axes_of_weezles]

Send in the manned planes next. :)

[Mike Darancette]

US publications reported over the weekend that the White House was studying options for military strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities to pressure Tehran to abandon its controversial nuclear program.

I think that the MSM has been had and is reporting false information to scare the snot out of Iran. Who better to plant a false story with than a Bush hater?

[4U2OUI]

I love that gun.

The A-10 is an amazing piece of engineering. Gotta love the ugly mother.

[Cyclopean Squid]

Didn't the Bush-hating journo claim that the planned assult is using tactical nukes? Now that would be hard-core.

[Mike Darancette]

Now that would be hard-core.

Yep, the useful idiot bought an outrageous story, hook, line and sinker.

[Army Air Corps]

Now, we have updated information on their response chain and air defence capabilities...thank you Iran for providing the info.

[GSlob]

Of course, an idiot. It will be strategic nukes, 5MT and up.

[FOG724]

The A-10 is an amazing piece of engineering. Gotta love the ugly mother.

They are my favorite.

[axes_of_weezles]

[Jack Deth]

Wasn't Iran complaining just before Christmas of last year of a marked increase in sighting of "UFOs" all across their country?

Preadators and Global Hawks must have every inch of Iran GPS mapped and designated by now. Tax dollars well spent!

Jack.

[Jack Deth]

Now that would be hard-core.


Hard-Core would be nice. Scare the crap out of the rest of the Middle East Contenders in an instant!

We can make it rain Tomahawks for 40 days and 40 nights. Destroy Iran's Air Force on the ground. Up-root their ground forces, and it wouldn't put much of a dent on our Inventories.

Once the dust settles, we can haul in the MOABs, BUFs, Apaches and A-10s to take care of whatever's left standing ahead of sweeping Armor and Infantry.

Jack.

[james500]

"officials have obtained information from the plane system and recordings"

But they couldn't find a Betamax to play it on.

[GAB-1955]

And this is why we fly unmanned aircraft! There's no pilot to parade through the streets in a tiger cage.

[Erik Latranyi]

"[Iranian] officials have obtained information from the plane system and recordings"

As a result, it is feared that the Iranians might learn the art of flying.

[mountn man]

Preadators and Global Hawks must have every inch of Iran GPS mapped and designated by now. Tax dollars well spent!

I think they shot down our only available recon ability :)

Now will have to bomb the entire country to make sure we get the nuke plant.

[USMCPOP]

"officials have obtained information from the plane system and recordings"

"We have found very suspicious patterns of "1's" and "0's" in the digital recorders."

[BladeLWS]

They told me not to fly my kite in that direction, now I know why...

[Former Proud Canadian]

The strike on Iran will be executed on a technological level that the Iranians can't even fathom. The last war that the Iranians fought was a WW I "massed troop" effort. They will be stunned.