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Good idea, for what it's worth... BuckGalaxy May 11, 2026 11:00 pm (CurrentEvents)

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A bit more on that pesky drone. December 12, 2011 6:55 pm bowser

Here’s another alleged picture of that drone.  Note the netting which extends all along the bottom, rendering that invisible.  Next, the text contains a statement that this looks more like an inexact model of a drone than a drone.

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/08/9307824-iran-claims-to-have-downed-us-drone-experts-question-authenticity

However, the US also admits losing one of  these over Iran.

Makes some sense that the Iranians would want to convince the world it had captured one more or less intact when indeed it had been more or lest destroyed, and they’d haul out a mode..

And Obama’s excuse that the US did not want to go into Iran to get it back or destroy it as that could be construed as an “act of war” simply doesn’t pass the smell test UNLESS it was secured in a protected area in a populated area of Iran.  Then the operation to destroy it could well be a major act of war.

 

 

  • US asks Iran to return it. Iran says no. Nuff said. by RobVG 2011-12-13 17:27:23
    • It's a diplomatic nicety. When the N Koreans requested we return one of their late-model MIGS which a defector ... by ER 2011-12-14 13:29:53
      • It's only polite to return things cleaner than when you got them. by bowser 2011-12-14 23:43:28
      • Hands up, anyone who thought that would work. by TB 2011-12-13 19:58:34
        • An illegal spying overflight comes into the hands of those upon whom it was spying. And it should be given back? The ... by bowser 2011-12-14 01:23:15
      • In the last thousand years, I doubt that any non-illiterate person over 50 has died believing government is truthful. by FrankC 2011-12-13 15:43:45
        • On May Day, 1960, the USSR shot down a US spy plane, the U2, and captured its pilot, Gary Powers. ... by ER 2011-12-12 21:49:03
          • Powers was vilified in the American press. It was claimed he had agreed to commit suicide instead of being ... by bowser 2011-12-13 04:41:20
          • Another opinion that thinks the drone is real, here. by TB 2011-12-12 19:51:50
            • The drone could have been recovered by commandos or destroyed by air strike if we had known where it was ... by ER 2011-12-12 19:11:45
              • A GPS tracking unit and a contingency plan would have helped. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-12 20:24:43
                • A GPS unit broadcasting the drone's position might not be a good idea. Sure, you could encrypt the transmitted ... by ER 2011-12-12 20:37:04
                  • Beacon- long interval, short duration n/t by RobVG 2011-12-12 20:54:19
                    • If we can hear it, it's not impossible for them to hear it. Unfortunately, an RPV must constantly feedback information to ... by ER 2011-12-12 22:11:20
                • IF it was recovered early, and IF it was moved to a secure area in a heavily populated part of ... by bowser 2011-12-12 19:21:12
                  • I guess that settles it, then. Obama's just got no cojones. by ER 2011-12-12 19:25:11

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