Pigeons sit in a tree in Bucharest. Iranian security forces have arrested two suspected "spy pigeons" near the controversial Nantaz uranium enrichment facility, the reformist Etemad Melli newspaper has reported.
Posted on 10/20/2008 6:10:48 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Security forces in Natanz have arrested two suspected "spy pigeons" near Iran's controversial uranium enrichment facility, the reformist Etemad Melli newspaper reported on Monday. One of the pigeons was caught near a rose water production plant in the city of Kashan in Isfahan province, the report cited an unnamed informed source as saying, adding that some metal rings and invisible strings were attached to the bird.
"Early this month, a black pigeon was caught bearing a blue-coated metal ring, with invisible strings," the source was quoted as saying of the second pigeon.
The source gave no further description of the pigeons, neither their current status nor what their fate will be.
Natanz is home to Iran's heavily-bunkered underground uranium enrichment plant, which is not far from Kashan.
The activity is the focus of Iran's five-year standoff with the West, which that fears it aims to develop nuclear weapons.
Tehran vehemently denies the charge.
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Pigeons sit in a tree in Bucharest. Iranian security forces have arrested two suspected "spy pigeons" near the controversial Nantaz uranium enrichment facility, the reformist Etemad Melli newspaper has reported.
We should start a rumor the IDF has soooper secret cockroach spies too.
How would one go about waterboarding a pigeon?
Tinfoil hat wacko alert
...a black pigeon was caught bearing a blue-coated metal ring, with invisible strings,"
Uh-Oh, the jig is up. I hear they are stool pigeons. At least they won’t sing.
Glad to see that pigeons are still used in warfare, they have a long history. I wonder when PETA will protest this horrible cruelty and humiliation of birds.
The mullahs are kooks, sure, but some of the Iranian op guys are doing their homework. The current trends in micro UAV research revolve around:
1. High persistence
2. “Perch and stare”
3. BioMimetics
Whatzat?
A small UAV that looks like a bird circles down, establishes an LZ that looks proper, and stops there and just observes —this is a lower power/high value task.
And it will just relay info onto another, bigger thing.
I think a hard target like a nuke installation in some denied area like Iran or NK would probably call for a rare, high-value piece of tech like this.
I really doubt these actual birds are one of those new UAV’s, though..!
Developing...
Pigeons buriend in sand up to head and stoned to death.
Just wait until we unleash our secret “fly on the wall” operation.
LOL! Great pic. As a student currently at the Army Signal School, I can tell you those pigeons probably worked better than half the high-tech stuff we have!
The strings must've given him away...
Poor thing, just trying to build a nest with soda can pull tops and someone's littered floss. I feel bad for the chicks that had their innocent parent taken out, and left to the elements.
"We had a deal!!!"
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