Iran's Military Claims To Have Downed US Surveillance Drone

mrquagmire submits a link to the Jerusalem Post's report that an American reconnaissance UAV has been captured by the Iranian military. "'Iran's military has downed an intruding RQ-170 American drone in eastern Iran,' Iran's Arabic-language Al Alam state television network quoted the unnamed source as saying. 'The spy drone, which has been downed with little damage, was seized by the Iranian armed forces.' ... 'The Iranian military's response to the American spy drone's violation of our airspace will not be limited to Iran's borders any more,' Iran's Arabic language Al Alam television quoted the military source as saying, without giving details."

Comments

First Drone

[Ethanol-fueled]

Pics or it didn't happen.

Re:First Drone

[Ihmhi]

Sure, we'll just get some photos with the dro-

Oh God DAMMIT.

Re:Isn't that kind of the point?

[Anonymous Coward]

It was likely made in China anyway.

yup, i think thats pretty clear from his comments

[decora]

he doesn't know anyone in iran, he doesn't know any iranians, he just spent the weekend playing 'call of duty' and masturbating, but goddamnit, he knows foreign policy. and the number one thing we need to do is to violate the laws of war (which he calls 'faggot laws') and put weapons of mass destruction into a country without any formal declaration of war, congressional debate, etc.

because, after all, they shot down one of our robots.

  WindBourne can be found during days at his job as a Wal Mart security guard, where he protects us from terrorists by body slamming grandfathers face-first into the concrete floor because they "resist arrest".

and you will be first into combat right?

[decora]

oh, i understand, the 'faggot commies' in the Army didnt accept you, because you are too 'big boned'.

life is hard when you are surrounded by faggot commies.

Re:Isn't that kind of the point?

[multisync]

It was likely made in China anyway.

It was made by Lockheed Martin.

Maybe the Iranians will update the Wikipedia article and let us know what those pods on the top of the wings are for.

Re:First strike?

[TheLink]

Iran coughs it up to a recognized 3rd party, like the UN for example

If I were them I'd sell it to China.

Re:First strike?

[Anonymous Coward]

It was probably made in China.

Re:Isn't that kind of the point?

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