[Smokin' Joe]

...since it is programmed to fly level and find a place to land, rather than crashing.

Why not just program it to RTB? Dumb. Maybe there is a flashing blue light on top...

[guitarplayer1953]

Why are these not boobitrapped to blow up if jacked with?

[faucetman]

*******BREAKING NEWS*********

Dateline Iran..... Thousands of Zombies have been sighted near the landing location of lost drone. Iranians suspect some type of virus.

[Mariner]

I would not be surprised if this drone was a gutted version sent to land in Iran.

Keeps the pressure on 'em and has the potential to distribute false intelligence.

It may also be tracked...looking for references to it in intelligence networks...to determine WHERE the decision makers are.

[NoLibZone]

If my Ipad is lost or stolen I can wipe the contents of my IPAD from any where on the planet.

For 400 million dollars a year, I am willing to offer this management and technology to the US Dept of defense.

PM me here for a 100% better run US Dept of defense.

[Lancey Howard]

Iran Has Missing U.S. Drone

Maybe they'll go peeking around at the computer programs and download some of that Stuxnet or Confinger or whatever.

[aruanan]

According to a senior U.S. military source with intimate knowledge of the Sentinel drone, the aircraft likely "wandered" into Iranian air space after losing contact with its handlers and is presumed to be intact since it is programmed to fly level and find a place to land, rather than crashing.

You'd think it would be pretty easy to have GPS onboard to give it a list of coordinates where never to land if communication with handlers is lost and where to blow up if forced down.