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This whole thing is hilarious, and it would be made even funnier if they stuck an Ayotollah beard and turban on it and, sent it back !
(Is Iran one of those countries that doesn't let women vote ? I can never keep up - should try harder really it's my rule of thumb for splitting the good guys/bad guys)
No, that's Saudi Arabia, a nation the UK and US has strong trade links with, as they sell us their oil at a price we like.
Ah, Saudi Arabia, a nation that makes even Iran look like a progressive, liberal state....
Maybe it's all part of a bigger plan involving a schoolboy style "give me my ball back" fight?
Who's to say it's not sitting there gathering data from the 'Axis of Evil' and sending it back to 'Uncle Sam' right now?
Perhaps it's trojan horse and full of Navy Seal midgets?
It's probably not got a great deal to do with the USA anyhow that bit of gear probably belongs to the independant state based inside the US and outside the control of every law regardless of nation.
the CIA
Still, at least the Iranians have now got a load of spare parts to fix those Ipods were given by the Royal Navy.
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An actual RQ-170 in Kandahar.
The colour really does look odd. UAV's are, like all US combat jets, painted in Air Superiority Grey, because it's a low contrast colour that blends well with haze and cloud. There's no need to use any kind of camo colour.That RQ-170 looks a bit fishy, the wings are taped on, and there's a wierd mesh across the jet intake, plus there are no visible markings. The yanks aircraft all have national markings in a darker shade of grey, like ours do, and other nations using AS Grey, Canadians for example.
Wrong mesh across the jet intake, even the wrong colour, you would think someone might have had the common-sense to google a picture of a RQ-170, before parading their half-arsed mock-up in front of the world's prying eyes.
Such a silly schoolboy error - these Iranians are quite frankly useless. I don't reckon they could organise a piss-up in a brewery. And nuclear weapons must be right out of their league.
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Hels
Try googling 'boobquake'.
Also, _if_ it was hacked, it hadn't lost comms with mother. It just had a new mother.
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A couple of months ago Hezbollah took control and landed an Israeli drone that was over Lebanon, so i guess the iranians must have found some trick to do it.
And the weakness might be simpler than the hi-tech kit would have us believe - When NATO used drones in the former Yugoslavia for surveillance the video broadcast was unencrypted - so while the drones were flying about searching the Serbs just tuned into the frequency to watch where it was going and hide accordingly!
hels - here's a wee cheat sheet - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2123.html#ir
I wouldn't get too hung up by that marty - the CIA haven't a clue what's happening in Iran.
They can't even get their spy planes to come back.
See - what onehundredthidiot said about the colour - i'd believe him on that one. 😀
Bit more information from [url= http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/awx/2011/12/07/awx_12_07_2011_p0-402716.xml&headline=U.S.%20UAV%20Likely%20Malfunctioned%20Over%20Iran ]Aiation Week[/url] for those following the story.
Obama has just called on the Iranians to return the drone. It's like the boy down the street knocking on your door and asking for the ball he's just kicked into your garden.
I saw that - rather amusing. "can we have our drone back please"
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Obama has just called on the Iranians to return the drone...
I'd imagine that's a prelude to or an excuse for using a big stick.
At what height above a country does that country no longer have jurisdiction over the airspace?
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Can we all chuckle at the armchair experts who all decryed it a hoax based on grainy photo?
The Iranians just bought new jammers from the Russians and they also have anti-stealth tech, with that combination they may have been able to capture it.
Still can't believe the Americans didn't put a self destruct command into it!
The Americans won't ask for it back, they don't want to aggrivate the Iranians anymore than they have.
Obama has just called on the Iranians to return the drone.
As Shaun Keveny said this morning "ok, but if it comes over again, I'm putting a knife through it!"
Looks like we're building up for a spot of:
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Woohooooooo!! We've not had a totally ill-advised, un-winnable war for ages. Oh.... hang on a minute
I reckon Iran could be win-able compared to most, mainly because it has an actual army that might fight, and therefore be beatable, rather than a rag-tag of idealists with no real co-ordination, and therefore no chance of surendering.
Win-able?
Hmmmmmmm Well....seeing as if the thicko yanks invade, they'll promptly bomb Tel Aviv in retaliation/provocation, who'll reply with nukes and wipe Iran off the map. If that's what you call win-able, all well and good. I suspect there could be the odd knock on repercussion, or two, though 😯
Don't forget Iraq had WMD's that could blow us up in 30minutes too.
Very true. I'm amazed we're all still alive
Is Iran one of those countries that doesn't let women vote ? I can never keep up - should try harder really it's my rule of thumb for splitting the good guys/bad guys
Bit of a mixed bag - voting is universal and many women are in professional employment (I know an Iranian coder, she works and teaches in Iran but occasionally comes over here to conferences and give lectures). There's still a lot of segregation, and the government shut down the country's only women's mag for being too controversial - it was quite political, criticised what it saw as Islam being misused to justift misogyny, and also talked about sex.
Their games industry has loads of restrictions too - they get government grants for promoting Iranian history and Islamic morals. The Sims was huge in Iran, but the sequel was banned as the government realised it allowed the player to indulge in Western corruption (flirting, shameless integration between the sexes, etc). So a studio made an Iranian version of The Sims, that promoted living virtuously.
They also have their equivalents of Call of Duty and Medal of Honour, based on real life events where the US were seen as the aggressors, or Iran as the victors. When people tell her that this is awful propaganda, she just shrugs and ask how it's different to Rambo III (evil soviets) or America's Army (used to encourage people to join the US army).
Iran is going to glow in the dark quite soon
Like the sheep in Cumbria?
Like the sheep in Cumbria?
do they come in keyring form?
It seems like a bit of a set up.
Americans not happy about glow in the dark bombs Iran are making and now they have broken another weapon they aren't allowed to own keep develop treaty.
how much will china pay iran for the drone do ya reckon?
they'll just swap it for some nukes
Apparently, the CIA have increased surveillance since somone in Tehran put an order into Amazon for [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0071469842/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_g14_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=172SGDRRAJFP6GWXRTE2&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294 ]this[/url]
I reckon Iran could be win-able compared to most, mainly because it has an actual army that might fight, and therefore be beatable, rather than a rag-tag of idealists with no real co-ordination, and therefore no chance of surendering.
The way it works is that the actual army fights and gets beaten, and then the remnants become a rag-tag of idealists with no real co-ordination, and therefore no chance of surendering.
You skipped over the important interim step where everyone in uniform is told that they will never, ever hold a government job again (in a quasi-socialist country where the government controls the vast majority of GDP) and should FOAD, instead of being kept in barracks and paid a pittance to keep them under control.
well this wont help matters
the price of oil has spiked 3% amid unconfirmed rumours that Iran has closed the strategically important straits of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. One third of the world's sea-borne oil passes through the straits but an Iranian military exercise seems to have resulted in them being blocked.
I've seen a couple of flying ones recently and they have both been grey. The lost one was allegedly CIA though so they may have different colours in use.
the price of oil has spiked 3% amid unconfirmed rumours that Iran has closed the strategically important straits of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. One third of the world's sea-borne oil passes through the straits but an Iranian military exercise seems to have resulted in them being blocked.
Seeing as its international waters then that's highly unlikely
Edit: alright, Oman/Iran split. Stick to the Omani side and you'll be fine.
Why send a top spec spy plane without planning that it could be shot down and used by Iran or China?
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