Iran shows film of captured US drone

[clearvision]

BBC:

Iranian TV has shown the first video footage of an advanced US drone aircraft that Tehran says it downed near the Afghan border.

The film was captioned "RQ170 - advanced US spy plane" and carried on the Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran Network 1 channel.

The images show Iranian military officials inspecting the aircraft, which appears to be largely undamaged.

US officials have acknowledged the loss of the unmanned aircraft.

Pentagon officials said they were concerned about Iran possibly acquiring information about the technology.

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[Pepper]

Thanks.

 

US weighed 3 options for destroying downed RQ-170\

 

Another U-2 incident. The technology now goes to our Marxist 'friends'.

 

Another Skunk Works Plane Downed-This Time Over Iran

 

Another U.S. official with access to intelligence said that losing the Sentinel is a major security breach. The official, who was not authorized to publicly speak about the information, wouldn't say how the drone fell into Iranian hands, but confirmed that the downed drone was largely intact.

 

"It's bad — they'll have everything" in terms of the secret technology in the aircraft, the official said. "And the Chinese or the Russians will have it too."

[RandyM]

I would have thought that possibility would have been #1 on their risk assessment list when building the drones, with an appropriate method of destruction built into it.

[Casino67]

Would think that in the future, these drones will be equipped with a self-destruct option. Don't know if it would have worked in this instance as they apparently lost communication with it. Maybe a 'dead man' switch would work, no communication it go boom.

[Saltbag]

Would think that in the future, these drones will be equipped with a self-destruct option. Don't know if it would have worked in this instance as they apparently lost communication with it. Maybe a 'dead man' switch would work, no communication it go boom.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking.