Iran shows film of captured US drone

[Oldman1]

Some high res photos

Thanks for the photos. Wonder what those black tape for?

 

[longbrained]

U.S. official: Iran does have our drone

U.S. official: Iran does have our drone - CBS News

A U.S. official tells CBS News that there is "high confidence" that a captured American aircraft shown on Iranian television today is, in fact, one of this country's most sophisticated spy planes.
The Pentagon declined to comment, but the American official says analysis of the video confirms the RQ-170 unmanned drone was captured. Exactly how that happened is still being analyzed.

CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports that the aircraft presented as the unmanned U.S. surveillance drone appeared to be nearly intact, though the undercarriage was obscured by propaganda banners draped below the wings.

The message on the left proclaimed, "America cannot do any harm to us." And on the right, against a background of American flags and skulls, the message read: "We have trampled on America."

U.S. officials - still studying the video - are convinced the aircraft is the stealth drone reported lost over the weekend. But, the Pentagon declined comment, with spokesman George Little citing intelligence concerns.

"We did have a UAV go missing, but when it comes to sensitive reconnaissance missions, we call them sensitive for a reason," Little said.

Military officials originally said controllers lost contact with an RQ-170 drone as it flew over Western Afghanistan. However, sources say the spy plane was actually on an intelligence-gathering mission deep inside Iran.

The stealth drones, capable of sending back real-time streaming video, have been used for several years to monitor Iran's nuclear sites and search for other covert operations.

U.S. officials have denied Iran's shifting claims that the drone was either shot down or commandeered by a cyber attack.

But, the displayed aircraft showed no signs of a crash impact, meaning it came down in a relatively flat, controlled descent. U.S. officials cannot explain how the plane landed apparently undamaged.

Iran now says it will exploit its propaganda prize by reverse engineering the classified systems and sensors. But weapons expert Joseph Cirincione says that may prove difficult.

"You can get dimensions, you can get chemical composition, but it's very hard to duplicate the performance of the parts you're trying to reverse engineer," Cirincione says.

Still, the U.S. is clearly concerned secrets could be compromised. Sources say officials considered launching a mission to either recover or destroy the downed drone, but ultimately concluded there was no workable option.

While getting much out of the downed plane will be difficult, the Iranians can glean details about the aircraft's mechanisms and sensors, and, worse perhaps, share that with Russia or China.

 

[VelocuR]

RQ170 drone Kandahar airport in Afghanistan

http://defensetech.org/2011/12/07/drone-eye-candy-the-rq-170-at-kandahar/

Lockheed Martin (2007 design)

 

[JonAsad]

^^ look at the color-
Iran faked badly-

 

[VelocuR]

^^ look at the color-
Iran faked badly-

One thing is missing USA logo

RQ-170.

Don't get me wrong, I admire Iran and their guts but let me analysis whether it is fake or real. I know Iran has claimed many fake things.

 

[Abii]

^^ look at the color-
Iran faked badly-

1) there are two cammos troll
Pages back somebody showed both colors (I think it was 500)

2) ABC and FOX are giving conflicting stories

3) It could be damage control on the part of the Americans. First they admitted and suddenly back tracking. FOX has said that it's 100 percent real according to its sources. ABC has been quoting "unidentified" sources as saying it might not be real.

4) lmao at the guy saying there is no US airforce logo. This site has so many retards

 

[Birbal]

He stands very close to drone so the error is marginal.

lets say that its height is 180 cm then wingspan will be 8.5 m.

He stands very close to the camera, and the wingtips are at the back of the drone, but he stands at the front of the drone. Thus, the wingtips are much farther from the camera. It's really too difficult to estimate the wingspan from the photos and we should just accept the quote of 26m that they have given.

 

[Abii]

CIA, NATO Lied to Press About Lost Drone
Move Couched as 'Head Fake' to Trick
Iran

CIA, NATO Lied to Press About Lost Drone -- News from Antiwar.com

 

[888jamie888]

Forgive my ignorance, but if it was shot down wouldn't it be in pieces?

 

[fallstuff]

Iran is now in a far better negotiation position to negotiate almost anything. Interesting developments.

 

[Vassnti]

1) 4) lmao at the guy saying there is no US airforce logo. This site has so many retards

Rather than just being rude perhaps explain why?

x-47 US markings

Predator ..US markings

Global hawk..US markings

So why not on an 170?

 

[JonAsad]

Rather than just being rude perhaps explain why?

x-47 US markings

Predator ..US markings

Global hawk..US markings

So why not on an 170?

Perhaps it was operated by CIA- thats why-

 

[Birbal]

Forgive my ignorance, but if it was shot down wouldn't it be in pieces?

It wasn't shot down. It was brought down using some sort of electronic warfare.

 

[Vassnti]

Perhaps it was operated by CIA- thats why-

I thought most of the predators were as well, if you want deniability you dont paint over the US flag on a 170 you use a heron and paint a big star of david on the wing

 

[JonAsad]

Guys, seriously. Can any Iranian explain what the American looking flag is all about?

the top left one reads "Death to America"-
the bottom right reads "We will step on the United States"-

its the iranian version of amrikan flag-