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Iran Wants To Clone Downed US Drone

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. Re:Now these guys have some balls by dittbub · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It also takes balls to ask for an apology for receiving a very nice gift.

  2. Re:When will Iran apologize to humanity? by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Probably the same day the U.S. apologizes for the coup that overthrew democracy in Iran and put the Shah in power in 1953.

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  3. What nonsense by mr.mctibbs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How absolutely ridiculous of them to ask us to apologize for committing an act of war. Hasn't anybody been paying attention? The US, and only the US, has the right to invade other countries' airspace, kidnap, torture, and murder their citizens, and then accuse those countries of breaking the law. That's how democracy works. Those silly backward Iranians just don't get it. It must be Islam's fault.

  4. ...But he said Please! by sanzibar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    i keep hoping this is some elaborate super secret spy ruse but the more I watch the incompetence the more I realize its just incompetence.

  5. Re:Now these guys have some balls by eclectus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or like Law enforcement putting a tracking device on your vehicle and asking for it back when you go public with it.

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  6. They already knew by Squiddie · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Everyone knows that Iran will not return the drone, and they're in that right. The US politicians will just use this as an excuse to escalate things and drive us closer to another unwanted war.

  7. Re:Now these guys have some balls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, that was just grand theft airplane.