Here’s an interesting twist, were this the plot to a movie:
What if the Israelis hacked the UAV and landed it in Iran on purpose? What if we are leaking like a sieve to the Iranians and the Israelis were interested in cutting off the leakers sources of information.
What good is aerial surveillance to a regime in the US completely uninterested in a military option in Iran when it poses an existential threat to Israel?
The Israelis handing the drone to the Iranians is a clear message to DC - ‘you are checker players in a roomful of chess players’.
I AM NOT AT ALL SAYING THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. I can say that seeing a picture of the thing on Iranian soil with not a single scratch on it made me wonder why we didn’t put a self-destruct mechanism on it.
Lord knows we risked a lot of SEAL team members necks destroying a stealth helicopter in Pakistan a few months ago. You’d think losing tether, jamming, or any other hacking or spoofing of the bird would result in some sort of reversable auto-destruct sequence which would lock in at some point to irreversable.
Someone knows how to steal our drones. Big leak somewhere.
I like your style. You really ought to write international intrigue novels. You’ve got a bent for it, and would probably do well.
I can’t pronounce your handle for the life of me, though.
Are in a sea of Ds?
Cool theory...THEY are the smartest kids in the room sometimes!