Am I missing it or is there no thread on the drone in Iran's possession?

[Clambake Clem]

Re: Am I missing it or is there no thread on the drone in Iran\'s possession?

I heard we can wipe the computer on the drone\'s hard drive clean remotely, which I am sure they have done. Not sure how much information there is left for the Iranians to glean.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

I would think one of the first things they'd do when they built it was make sure they could mess with the hard drive remotely, including wipe it clean, if necessary.

 

[The Big Ragu]

I would think one of the first things they'd do when they built it was make sure they could mess with the hard drive remotely, including wipe it clean, if necessary.

One would think, eh?

 

[bigpern23]

It's a glorified radio-controlled airplane. OH MY WHAT SECRETS THEY WILL LEARN!

It seems pretty well agreed upon that Iran won't learn much from it, but that Russia and/or China could glean some good engineering info from it in terms of control, stealth technology, etc. It is a top-secret drone that even the American people didn't know about, so I'm sure there's some stuff on board that might prove valuable to other nations.

I really don't know why they wouldn't have some remote-operated detonator for just this kind of situation.

I suppose the simplest explanation is that, other than what was on the hard drive, there's no information or technology that U.S. Government cares that much about hiding.

 

[trifectarich]

I thought these things flew at 40,000-50,000 feet. How is it that it's not in 12 bazillion pieces?

 

[Killick]

So... our drone violates the airspace of a country, they find it and the solution is to blast the heck out of them?

How on earth did you get overlooked as a SecState candidate?

If you're in that situation, you offer them the instruction manuals and go kneel before them.

So, I lost my cell phone in Toronto a few years back. If I can find out where it ended up, we're okay to go bomb the Rogers Centre? Good to know.

 

[three_bags_full]

I thought these things flew at 40,000-50,000 feet. How is it that it's not in 12 bazillion pieces?

Yes, they do. And it HAS to be in a billion pieces. What they recorded on that video was an obvious recreation.

 

[bigpern23]

I thought these things flew at 40,000-50,000 feet. How is it that it's not in 12 bazillion pieces?

Yes, they do. And it HAS to be in a billion pieces. What they recorded on that video was an obvious recreation.

Not to discount your theory 3B, but if it was in a billion pieces, how did the Iranians accurately recreate it? All reports I've seen indicate that nobody outside of intelligence and military officials knew we had this kind of drone. That's part of what makes it a big deal that it fell into Iranian hands.

 

[three_bags_full]

Google images? This thing is out there. It's not as secret as you think. It was spotted first in Kandahar two years ago. It must not be a huge secret. I watched it taxi by me on the runway there last summer.

https://www.google.com/search?q=RQ-170&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GBfficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=DRboTqD6JIHHsQKM4MCUCQ&biw=1280&bih=603&sei=EBboTqydIq_0sQLLwemFCQ

 

[Stitch]

I thought these things flew at 40,000-50,000 feet. How is it that it's not in 12 bazillion pieces?

Yes, they do. And it HAS to be in a billion pieces. What they recorded on that video was an obvious recreation.

Now, why should the U.S. get the drone back if it was flying over Iranian airspace? Iran should claim the little-know international law doctrine of tough shirt.

 

[Football_Bat]

Call me when the Iranians are able to duplicate the technology and fly a 1970s glowhead around my ruby-red city park. #notlosingsleep