we dont know whats inside of the reverse engineered sentinel rq-170 drone.
we also dont know if the outside material of the iran version is the same as american version.
we dont know if iran is able to reverse engineer all electronics/radars/materials the amreican version had.
what we see here on pics and videos is only a covering/outershell of an drone which looks like the american version.
But whats inside (electronic components, radars, engine, sensors) we dont know.
I have respect for iranian engineers, but I dont believe they can make an exact 100%, 1 to 1 clone of if without help from china/russia.
Shit, it had the latest technology as it was captured, it was operated by the CIA, not even the US army had this technology...
LOL! To me that's just delusions of grandeur!!! And I honestly hope generals in the U.S. are thinking the very same thing it's very important to me and my country that the U.S. continues to underestimate Iran
Because it's absurd, the notion that Iran would even trust to take a single Chinese & or Russian official to even see it is beyond absurd!
1st off the Russian didn't give us S-300 till we signed that ridicules deal! So the notion that Iran would even allow a single Russian rep to even see it after it's capture is absurd! specifically because of the S-300 fiasco.... today relations are different!
2ndly The Chinese, If Iran had given this to the Chinese they would have built an exact working 1-1 copy in less than a year!!
But that's not what happened is it? Iran 1st built an RC model, then went on to build a ~40% scale down working model & then went on to build a 1-1 copy...
It's clear to build a production model of a smaller version of the aircraft Iran clearly chose parachute over landing gear because that would allow you to use lighter and less expensive and easier to mass produce material for a parachute version
Iran built the Karrar with no help from anyone with Iranian built mini jet engines 7 years ago so in terms of platform that is way within Iran's capability
Everyone knows the 1st flying wing style jet aircraft was built was by Nazi Germany so this is not cutting edge aerodynamics the Nazi did it in the 40's so the notion that Iran can't build a flying winged aircraft especially right after one fell right in it's lap is absolutely ridicules the Nazi Ho 229 had a combined thrust of under 4000 lbf that's less than one Owj engine without afterburners
Plus stop underestimating China and Russia the only part of that Aircraft the Chinese or the Russian may have been interested in is the surveillance equipment
And for the surveillance equipment they would have been separated from the aircraft 1st taken to Iran's IEI electronic industries and gotten absolute guaranties from them that there would be absolutely no way possible that Iran would be able to reverse engineer that in the next 10 years or so and only then would we have allowed the Chinese to come in and work inside Iran with our engineers to reverse engineer it!
Fact is, there is absolutely no way that IEI would have ever said no we can't!
