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Source?Iran has successfully hacked and landed a MQ-9.
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Source?Iran has successfully hacked and landed a MQ-9.
Many sources reported it few days back post the news already in Iran UAV section.Source?
Please do.Many sources reported it few days back post the news already in Iran UAV section.
I don't know over which area they hacked it but it was being reported that they took over a MQ-9 drone.
The sources were mostly Iranian and few western. Will search again and post them if I find.
Please do.
Lot of propaganda on Twitter and Facebook in general. I have seen a Tweet but it is not proof - anybody can claim anything in a Tweet.
Could be propaganda?It was not tweet but news and claim was made by irgc commander. I read it few days back. I think it is authentic.
well till today I believed that Simorgh is jet powered not propeller driven ."A video has been released showing the downing of the Iranian drone. It appears to be a flying-wing configuration. In particular, Iran has been working to build similar shaped unmanned aircraft as the stealthy RQ-170 Sentinel it captured in 2011, although these knock-off craft, which come in various sizes and configurations, are far less advanced than their American counterpart. The propeller-driven "Simorgh" variant of the design appears to best match the aircraft shown in the video being shot down, although the video is low quality so it's hard to make the identification definitively.
If you look at news from the time , Iran hacking was not just electronic warfare it was consisted of some malware inside the control center of Us dronesCould be propaganda?
There are some Tweets - nothing concrete. Not even a photo.
This is something: https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/...-to-have-shot-down-us-says-it-simply-crashed/
This is something: https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2017/10/02/us-mq-9-drone-shot-down-in-yemen/
The alleged hacking incident in 2011 is a one-off (and still spark debates); drones are known to develop technical faults and crash at times (they are unmanned machines after all).
MQ-9 Reaper have proved resilient to Russian EW capabilities in Syria (in case you didn't knew). A crash is possible due to a technical fault, but a crash inside Iran?
And how a malware got there in the first place? It cannot get there without somebody having access to it, which is not possible for an outsider.If you look at news from the time , Iran hacking was not just electronic warfare it was consisted of some malware inside the control center of Us drones
Could be propaganda?
There are some Tweets - nothing concrete. Not even a photo.
This is something: https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/...-to-have-shot-down-us-says-it-simply-crashed/
This is something: https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2017/10/02/us-mq-9-drone-shot-down-in-yemen/
The alleged hacking incident in 2011 is a one-off (and still spark debates); drones are known to develop technical faults and crash at times (they are unmanned machines after all).
MQ-9 Reaper have proved resilient to Russian EW capabilities in Syria (in case you didn't knew). A crash is possible due to a technical fault, but a crash inside Iran?
Could be propaganda?
There are some Tweets - nothing concrete. Not even a photo.
This is something: https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/...-to-have-shot-down-us-says-it-simply-crashed/
This is something: https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2017/10/02/us-mq-9-drone-shot-down-in-yemen/
The alleged hacking incident in 2011 is a one-off (and still spark debates); drones are known to develop technical faults and crash at times (they are unmanned machines after all).
MQ-9 Reaper have proved resilient to Russian EW capabilities in Syria (in case you didn't knew). A crash is possible due to a technical fault, but a crash inside Iran?
Lol the drone that Israelis captured is RQ-170 clone but it’s using piston engineNo evidence provided so far.
Israeli defenses picked on and took out an Iranian drone (a clone of the American RQ-170 Sentinel variant, in the hands of Iran), near Syrian border in 2018.
FYI: https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...42a0b2-0f13-11e8-8ea1-c1d91fcec3fe_story.html
That incident suggests that Iranian copies are not at par with their American counterpart in LO and otherwise. I wonder why this is the case.
American RQ-170 Sentinel variants have excellent infiltration rates under the right conditions. Newer variants are superior to the variant in the hands of Iran by the way.
If you knew how legit users can be tricked doing the job. You yourself how many time attached your personal thumb drive to work computer. Hillary Clinton had high level of security probably a lot higher than any operator or maintenance guy but did she not made a mistake.And how a malware got there in the first place? It cannot get there without somebody having access to it, which is not possible for an outsider.
Human error is definitely possible. My point is that arguments should make sense, and not grounded in disinformation and/or wrong dots should not be connected.If you knew how legit users can be tricked doing the job. You yourself how many time attached your personal thumb drive to work computer. Hillary Clinton had high level of security probably a lot higher than any operator or maintenance guy but did she not made a mistake.
By the way the infected computers were inside a base in mainland USA not control room inside Iraq.
One thing is clear that this drone was fairly advanced - independent experts and IDF have admitted as such.
I fail to see a solid reason to doubt revelations from IDF because they have the wreckage, and inspected it from all angles.
Iran might have developed a better drone by now - possible.
It is possible that Iran smuggled the remains of a crashed MQ-9 Reaper from Afghanistan, but I am not in the position to verify this claim. I believe that Americans would be careful after the loss of an RQ-170 variant over Iran in 2011.