Iran Sold the US captured Drone to China

Iran Displays Downed US Drone

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian state broadcaster Thursday evening released the first images of the highly advanced US stealth spy drone which was downed through a cyberattack by Iranian military forces last week as it was flying over the country's airspace.


According to the TV report, the wing-to-wing width of the RQ-170 Sentinel drone is around 26 meters with a length of 4.5 meters and height of 1.84 meters.

The drone is equipped with highly advanced surveillance, data gathering, electronic communication and radar systems, the report said.

The batwing-shaped, radar-evading aircraft, which are capable of being fitted with different sensor payloads meaning they can be equipped to capture a range of intelligence material, including high-resolution images, radiation measurements and air samples.

The US officials and western diplomats said the stealth drone was part of a fleet of secret aircraft that the CIA has used for several years in an escalating espionage campaign targeting Iran's nuclear facilities.

The aircraft, built by Lockheed Martin, is best known for its role in surveilling the compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was killed. "But it wasn't only being flown in Pakistan," the former official said.

Iran has already shot down more than a dozen of such aircraft during the last 4 to 5 years.

US officials have described the loss of the aircraft in Iran as a setback and a fatal blow to the stealth drone program.

Among the United States' main concerns is that Iran could use an intact aircraft to examine the vulnerabilities in stealth technology and take countermeasures with its air defense systems. Another is that China or other US adversaries could help Iran extract data from the drone that would reveal its flight history, surveillance targets and other capabilities.

The drone was programmed to destroy such data in the event of a malfunction, but it failed to do so. The blow has been so heavy that the US officials do not still want to accept that Iran brought down the plane by a cyberattack. Instead, explanations have focused on potential technical failures. The aircraft cover great distances and depend on satellite links. A lost connection or other malfunction could cause them to turn back home or start automatic explosion.

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[DeathByTarantula]

I have so much distrust in Government as a whole that I'm not even sure a drone existed. I researched 9/11 and it strongly appears a lie, so why would I believe this? Hell I'm going to go hang out in a cave soon and eat berries to get away from this damn world.

[B1ATCH1000]

FUCK AMERICA

[qrbkxhl]

Well I'd imagine its because we never mind are own business even in are own country Drone's are going in the air. I smell a police state imposing its will on the world and people are sick of it. It is 2012 and the human race is acting like cave men its really @sad and speaks volume of the direction we are heading

[austin2733]

Why does everyone hate us who live in America

[B1ATCH1000]

@skitzstatus thank you and have a nice day

[skitzstatus]

@B1ATCH1000 FUCK YOU

[B1ATCH1000]

@starview1 With Chinese social issues the main population dont even mind if they dont have google or not. the internet is strictly controlled but they still can access nearly everything that the west can see. they cnt use facebook but they dont care, they have their own social network. Again all of those social net works are ALL west, whats wrong using their own net work. its not end of the world if they cnt use facebook and google. America is Undercover Communists. SOPA and all that shit...

[starview1]

@B1ATCH1000 One small correction, china as a country is and in fact for a number of years been the largest air pollution producer, stands to reason too,it has taken on so much production from the west to bolster its economy,china has serious social issues to correct that have put its status in question. Likely the people will get tired of the controls,especially the communication via the internet,which china strictly enforces, ref the probs with google,yahoo and other free search data sources

[RapLyricTV]

now chinas going to reproduce the drone and make thousands of them.

[B1ATCH1000]

@starview1 exactly. that's the Chinese peoples problem. but most of the Chinese people aint complaining. The Chinese human rights isnt the greatest, but then again look at America's Global human rights. Who does the most damage? with pollution, America alone doubles the carbon release compared to the Chinese. Neither side is perfect, But we dont see the Chinese Side of the story. West media controls everything.

[youbetterbelievehah]

@B1ATCH1000

That's all you are. You're not native Brazilian, nor are you European, African etc. You're just a cultureless little mutt, speaking someone else's language.