[sam_paine]

I guess I am wondering why it is so unreasonable to think that the Iranians could have expert computer programmers?

I guess I'm wondering why you directed that at me? I didn't say anything of the sort.

In fact, I suggested that this was not a magical in-flight avionics extravaganza, but perhaps an inside (iranian, chinese, or russky) spy loading a virus/backdoor/control.

I'm very much suggesting that the enemy may have taken over control of these at the top of the food chain, not at the final radio link.

[Vermont Lt]

Sorry—wasn’t meant as an attack of any sort. I forgot to delete your name.

I have been seeing a lot comments lately about how the Iranians would not have had the skill to pull off taking out the drone.

Yes, our stuff is good. Yes, our guys are good.

But in the back of my head I just keep thinking about that young kid who popped Goliath with a rock. I keep thinking of the upstart rebels who beat an empire in the Americas back at the end of the eighteenth century.

We hav every right to walk down the street with confidence. But arrogance in a street fight will get you hit over the head with a rock before you get to pull any martial arts stuff on a punk.