Iranian drone.
Posted on 05/31/2006 4:19:10 AM PDT by Flavius
TEHRAN, May 30 (RIA Novosti) - A pilotless Iranian reconnaissance plane circled for 25 minutes over a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf before returning safely to its base, a senior Iranian official said Tuesday.
"Our pilotless reconnaissance plane flew over the USS Ronald Reagan in the Persian Gulf unnoticed to the Americans for 25 minutes," the official said, according to Iran's Fars agency.
He did not say when the flight took place, but added that U.S. radars picked up the unmanned aerial vehicle after 25 minutes, and that four USAF fighters and two helicopters were scrambled to intercept it. However, the Iranian plane had already crossed the border back into Iran and landed at its base.
"This points to holes in the U.S. military reconnaissance systems deployed in the Persian Gulf," the Iranian official said.
Retuned safely to it's base in Iran? Have we decided to moon the drones instead of simply deleting them.....?
If it was approaching a carrier and was detected, I'm thinking it would have been intercepted by an SM-2, rather than an Air Force fighter.
The Iranians are just putting out propaganda for their masses.
""Our pilotless reconnaissance plane flew over the USS Ronald Reagan in the Persian Gulf unnoticed to the Americans for 25 minutes."
All right...who was the joker who smeared vaseline over the binoculars?
Iranians...they will believe anything.
"This points to holes in the U.S. military reconnaissance systems deployed in the Persian Gulf," the Iranian official said.
I wouldn't count on that if I were you...
HE may have gotten his designations wrong, but I'm still concerned of the claim it was undetected for >20 minutes.
Our pilotless reconnaissance plane flew over the USS Ronald Reagan in the Persian Gulf unnoticed to the Americans for 25 minutes
Why am I not believing this?
Let's point to holes in their system by blasting that base with cruise missiles.
Dat you, Bob?
I doubt that so much as a gnat goes undetected by the Reagan.
"There are NO Americans at the airport!"
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Sounds like winning odds to me... go ahead towel boy... I'm sure those sailors and Marines aren't nearly as tough as they look. You can take em... they have 'holes in their system'. Go get em..... Allah is on your side...you can't lose.
If the Navy is saling in the Gulf these days, I bet a you couldn't sneak a mosquito through there without it being detected. I am guessing these Iranian Military types would be good snipe hunters.. :)
If it went unnoticed for 25 minutes, how did they know it was 25 minutes?
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