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Iran Wants To Clone Downed US Drone
PolygamousRanchKid sends this quote from the LA Times:
"The Obama administration has sent a formal diplomatic request asking Iran to return the radar-evading drone aircraft that crashed on a CIA spying mission this month, but U.S. officials say they don't expect Iran will comply. 'We have asked for it back,' Obama said Monday at a news conference in Washington with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. 'We'll see how the Iranians respond.' His comments marked the first public confirmation that the RQ-170 Sentinel drone now in Iranian hands is a U.S. aircraft, though U.S. officials privately acknowledged that in recent days. Iran has claimed it downed the stealthy surveillance drone, but U.S. officials say it malfunctioned. Capture of the futuristic-looking unmanned spy plane has provided Tehran with a propaganda windfall. The government announced that it planned to clone and mass produce the bat-winged craft for use against its enemies."
Iran has also demanded an apology from the U.S. for the drone flight in its airspace.
The Obama administration has sent a formal diplomatic request asking Iran to return the radar-evading drone aircraft that crashed on a CIA spying mission this month
Getting caught and then asking to return their spying device, lol.
Oh, give me a drone where the camels all roam
Where the Sikhs and the Sunnis all pray
Where often is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are dusty all day
Clone, clone of my drone
Where the Sikhs and the Sunnis all pray
Where often is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are dusty all day
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It doesn't have any DNA!
But would you kill him, dissect him, and clone him?
Ummm... if they clone an American drone, won't it still answer to our siren call? Cool, that would make Iran a subcontractor for the U.S. military!
O give me a clone, of the downed US drone, with the Y chromosome changed to X.......
(it was funny in the 80's)
IANAL, but according to the precedent set by Keepers Vs. Weepers, I think the US will have a very hard time convincing the courts for the immediate return of their supposed property unless they can get their mommy and daddy involved.
Oh, this was in Iran? Well, we know where this is going. The US will just go over to Iran's house and shoot his parents in the face.
"Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"
...and when it detects Ahmadinejad's voice print nearby it goes kaboom!
You mean the spy drone is a spy?
We need to go deeper.
Biden: Well, now, uh, Obama, Panetta, and I, wait until nightfall, and then leap out of the drone, taking the Iranians by surprise
Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
Did we forget to mention that all of our drones are made out of a special pig-lard-based plastic resin?
Sorry about your souls, all you devouts that touched it.
-Styopa
I'd like to clone Natalie Portman in my basement. I think my odds of success are about the same as Irans.
If they circumvent the encryption, the US can nail them under the DMCA. And if they clone it, boy are they in for a heap of trouble with IP and patent violations. No, I don't even see how they could possibly even consider doing any of that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Iranian_Oil_Refining_and_Distribution_Company
Yeah. They all live in tents and ride camels. You're an American, right?
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