Iran Wants To Clone Downed US Drone

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Iran Wants To Clone Downed US Drone

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @06:44AM from the come-fly-the-friendly-skies dept.

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.

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Now these guys have some balls by InsightIn140Bytes · 2011-12-13 06:45 · Score: 5, Funny

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.
1. Re:Now these guys have some balls by elrous0 · 2011-12-13 06:49 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  A better analogy might be a peeping tom throwing a camera through someone's window and then ringing the doorbell to ask for it back.
  You'd be surprised how often that works, BTW.
  
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2. Re:Now these guys have some balls by forkfail · 2011-12-13 06:55 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Actually, it's like parking your car on the street in front of your neighbor's house and having them tow it on to their yard and put it up on blocks.
  (Well, somebody had to make the car analogy....)
  
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3. Re:Now these guys have some balls by Anonymous Coward · 2011-12-13 07:01 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Actually its more like flying a drone into someones airspace and having it crash, and then asking for it back.
4. Re:Now these guys have some balls by ackthpt · 2011-12-13 07:24 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Actually its more like flying a drone into someones airspace and having it crash, and then asking for it back.
  Actually, it's more like ... wait a minute.
  
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Clone on the Range by Megane · 2011-12-13 06:51 · Score: 5, Funny

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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Re:All Ur Drones R Belong 2 Us by elrous0 · 2011-12-13 07:05 · Score: 5, Funny

I bet they could make them cheaper than Lockheed Martin. Might work out for us in the end.

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Re:...But he said Please! by Barefoot+Monkey · 2011-12-13 07:27 · Score: 5, Funny

You mean the spy drone is a spy?
We need to go deeper.
Run Away! by MarkGriz · 2011-12-13 07:45 · Score: 5, Funny

Biden: Well, now, uh, Obama, Panetta, and I, wait until nightfall, and then leap out of the drone, taking the Iranians by surprise

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