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Naturally, this is to be taken with a grain of salt, given the original source. Odd they're so specific about the drone model.
1 posted on 12/04/2011 7:25:29 AM PST by edpc
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Wonder if the next one [if this one was real] will shoot at the origin of the shot that is coming towards it. At a minimum the exact location of the origin should be recorded he he he


2 posted on 12/04/2011 7:28:52 AM PST by Principled
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Probably just called a bff in Pakistan to get the info.


3 posted on 12/04/2011 7:32:57 AM PST by liberty or death
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The RQ-170 was specifically designed with “mid-tech” rather than leading edge stealth technology, on the assumption that there would be occasional operational losses, so it’s unremarkable that in who knows how many attempts, Iran was unable to down one.

Or, you could simply been a case of mechanical failure.


5 posted on 12/04/2011 7:40:58 AM PST by M. Dodge Thomas
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From 2007.....

Iranian police smash squirrel spy ring

8 posted on 12/04/2011 7:46:31 AM PST by mewzilla (Santelli 2012)
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From 2007.....

Iranian police smash squirrel spy ring

9 posted on 12/04/2011 7:46:57 AM PST by mewzilla (Santelli 2012)
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Anybody put the bug in his ear to buzz Tehran on his way to Honolulu?


11 posted on 12/04/2011 7:51:35 AM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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12 posted on 12/04/2011 7:59:11 AM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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Sounds like propoganda to me. Let us see the wreckage.

And if they did, the RQ-170 is a recon and surveillance bird. Developed in 2005, deployed to the Mid East in 2007 and later to S. Korea, and announced publically in 2009.


13 posted on 12/04/2011 8:26:05 AM PST by Jeff Head (Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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Is a modification of it is not those who vote but those who count the votes, to, it is not those who shipped but those who receive the shipments? If one is there (in iran) ... inventory check?


14 posted on 12/04/2011 8:37:29 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen. --> AmeriCain)
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They’re holding a landing gear hostage.


15 posted on 12/04/2011 9:20:28 AM PST by immadashell
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Sure they did. Just like in 2009 they shot down a UFO.
IRAN SHOOTS DOWN UFO!!!

18 posted on 12/04/2011 10:46:50 AM PST by papasmurf (I pledge to vote (R). How 'bout you?)
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F’em if they can’t take a joke. Load up another one and dip it in bacon fat...


22 posted on 12/04/2011 12:18:18 PM PST by StAnDeliver
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Looks like they captured the pilot.


23 posted on 12/04/2011 12:49:37 PM PST by CougarGA7 ("History is politics projected into the past" - Michael Pokrovski)
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Update to story.

Fars news agency claims Iranian cyber warfare unit took control of drone and captured it.

I guess they have to say something after the embarrassing events this past week, losing their lead missile personnel and a nuclear conversion facility. Also, add the humiliation of Stuxnet and Duqu.

24 posted on 12/04/2011 12:51:54 PM PST by edpc (Wilby 2012)
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