.........drone that crashed deep inside Iranian territory .......
Deep? I thought that it was near the Afgan border.
I seriously don’t understand why a drone does not have a “black box” like all airliners have, that includes a GPS transponder, and a few pounds of plastic explosive to blow the drone to hell when nesessary!
“Why a drone does not have a “black box” like all airliners have, that includes a GPS transponder, and a few pounds of plastic explosive..”
Okay - now I’m REALLY not going flying again! ;)
Since intitial reports said they lost contact with the drone, I would assume that the Iranis were able to jam signals and that may have prevented a "push button" remote destruction. In the past, it would probably have had an auto self-destruct, but with the idiots we have in power today, it may have been nixed due to the possibility of debris falling on "innocent women and children" or the possibiity of it being near someone.
The fact that it landed intact really bothers me. I don't know if it has on-board autocontrols that could find a place to land and execute the landing - that opens the door for one of two things:
1. The pilot had control and landed it.
2. The Iranis had data to be able to control it.
The whole thing stinks like a dumpster behind the fishmarket on a 95 degree day.
They do. Something or someone failed.