I know this is easy for me to say, not being in charge or on the spot, but if I had been the admiral in charge of that task group, I would have ordered the damn thing destroyed regardless of the damage to my career. I can’t imagine they didn’t know where it landed.
China and Russia are going to be in a bidding war for that thing and the only thing that is certain is that America loses.
Un-fricking-believable...
We can hope the CIA is screwing with the Iranians by sending them a dummy drone and if not, it is nuts that they did not use the self destruct mechanism.
That’s why you aren’t an Admiral. Are you familiar with Br’er Rabbit?
Better to seek forgiveness.