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USA USING 'DRONE' AIRCRAFT TO SPY ON IRAN
http://www.drudgereport.com ^

Posted on 02/12/2005 5:02:09 PM PST by bamaborn

The small, pilotless planes, penetrating Iranian airspace from U.S. military facilities in Iraq, use radar, video, still photography and air filters designed to pick up traces of nuclear activity to gather information not accessible to satellites... Developing...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drone; intelligence; iran; miltech; uav
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1 posted on 02/12/2005 5:02:10 PM PST by bamaborn
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To: bamaborn

Shhhhhh, loose lips and all.

:0)


2 posted on 02/12/2005 5:03:14 PM PST by highlandbreeze
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USA USING 'DRONE' AIRCRAFT TO SPY ON IRAN
Sat Feb 12 2005 20:00:05 ET

The Bush administration has been flying surveillance drones over Iran to seek evidence of nuclear weapons programs and detect weaknesses in air defenses, the WASHINGTON POST is planning to splash on Sunday.

Newsroom sources tell DRUDGE: The small, pilotless planes, penetrating Iranian airspace from U.S. military facilities in Iraq, use radar, video, still photography and air filters designed to pick up traces of nuclear activity to gather information that is not accessible to satellites, the officials said. The aerial espionage is standard in military preparations for an eventual air attack and is also employed as a tool for intimidation.

The Iranian government, using Swiss channels in the absence of diplomatic relations with Washington, formally protested the illegal incursions, according to Iranian, European and U.S. officials, all speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.

Developing...


3 posted on 02/12/2005 5:03:56 PM PST by bamaborn
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To: bamaborn

USA USING 'DRONE' AIRCRAFT TO SPY ON IRAN
Sat Feb 12 2005 20:00:05 ET

The Bush administration has been flying surveillance drones over Iran to seek evidence of nuclear weapons programs and detect weaknesses in air defenses, the WASHINGTON POST is planning to splash on Sunday.

Newsroom sources tell DRUDGE: The small, pilotless planes, penetrating Iranian airspace from U.S. military facilities in Iraq, use radar, video, still photography and air filters designed to pick up traces of nuclear activity to gather information that is not accessible to satellites, the officials said. The aerial espionage is standard in military preparations for an eventual air attack and is also employed as a tool for intimidation.

The Iranian government, using Swiss channels in the absence of diplomatic relations with Washington, formally protested the illegal incursions, according to Iranian, European and U.S. officials, all speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.

Developing...


4 posted on 02/12/2005 5:04:08 PM PST by jdm (Stockhausen, Kagel, Xenakis -- world capitals or avant-garde composers?)
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To: bamaborn

Beat me by 12 seconds!


5 posted on 02/12/2005 5:04:33 PM PST by jdm (Stockhausen, Kagel, Xenakis -- world capitals or avant-garde composers?)
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To: highlandbreeze

"We are not spying on Iran, we are looking for...um.. illegal aliens.. yup, thats it... and its not in Iran, it just seems that way but we're actually looking at the Mexican border..."


6 posted on 02/12/2005 5:06:13 PM PST by GeronL (--I'm thinking, I'm thinking!)
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To: bamaborn
Welcome to FR.

I should hope so. Tough to destroy nukes if you don't know where they are.

7 posted on 02/12/2005 5:09:22 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: bamaborn

I hope that we are using these over North Korea too.


8 posted on 02/12/2005 5:10:09 PM PST by NorseWood
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To: bamaborn

Rash of UFO sitings over Iran lately...


9 posted on 02/12/2005 5:13:22 PM PST by joesnuffy (If GW had been driving....Mary Jo would still be with us...)
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To: highlandbreeze

I thought it was the AP's job to betray us by providing the enemy with aid , comfort and targeting info. Matt you and Brian are true American patriots. Sarcasm Off/


10 posted on 02/12/2005 5:17:14 PM PST by Calusa (Red States, blue counties.)
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To: anniegetyourgun

Thanks.

I feel the same way.

But what purpose does it serve for this story to be published? What good could come from it?


11 posted on 02/12/2005 5:17:18 PM PST by bamaborn
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I can stop imagining the Ayatollah looking up and seeing this thing and running around screaming "dirka dirka dirka"! (and then I laugh)
12 posted on 02/12/2005 5:17:43 PM PST by Gumption
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To: bamaborn

good


13 posted on 02/12/2005 5:18:03 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (Look! Jimmy Carter! History's greatest monster!)
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To: bamaborn

Only serves the media purpose of giving away military secrets whenever possible. They are a sorry and unpatriotic lot. They do this, and then will blame the administration when problems arise from their reporting.


14 posted on 02/12/2005 5:19:34 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: bamaborn

That sounds like a perfect way to give the Iranians some free nukes...


15 posted on 02/12/2005 5:19:56 PM PST by sonofatpatcher2 (Texas, Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
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To: bamaborn

Yea, so?


16 posted on 02/12/2005 5:21:30 PM PST by Andy from Chapel Hill
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To: anniegetyourgun

The State Department calls the Islamic Republic of Iran the world's "most active state sponsor of terrorism." We are in a war against the very type of terror which Iran sponsors/harbors/facilitates. Printing news stories which put at risk any American lives and/or undermines us in the war has become common place. In WWII the enemy was demonized by news media. Today, the enemy is often times emboldened by our media.


17 posted on 02/12/2005 5:29:15 PM PST by bamaborn
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Drones are hardly a secret. There's a recent model parked in the Museum of Flight in Seattle.


18 posted on 02/12/2005 5:37:53 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

OK. I'm not understanding your point.


19 posted on 02/12/2005 5:42:21 PM PST by bamaborn
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Send in the BLACK HELICOPTERS!! The mullahs will sh*t!!!


20 posted on 02/12/2005 5:44:22 PM PST by stboz
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