A 'nightmare becoming reality'? Iran unveils American drone replica.

Yahoo News ^ | 12 May 2014 | Scott Peterson

[mandaladon]

Iran has unveiled its own copy of an American stealth drone it captured in late 2011, claiming to have cracked the “secrets” of the bat-wing craft and added weapons capabilities.

Today, Fars News Agency reported that while Iran’s duplicate of the US RQ-170 Sentinel drone was smaller, it also had a “bombing capability to attack the US warships in any possible battle.” The story in Persian was headlined: “America’s nightmare has become reality.” State television showed footage on Sunday it said was of a US aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf filmed by an Iranian drone

The drone replica was unveiled at an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) exhibition on Sunday, where Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was briefed on how the drone, its systems, and structure had been reverse-engineered. He called it a “sweet day.”

The stealth replica would “soon take a test flight,” an IRGC officer said on Sunday. Aerospace chief Amir Ali Hajijadeh said today that they are working on two more models of the replica drone.

[mojito]

This might be more of a problem:

Breaking: Moscow to ban US from using Russian rocket engines for military launches

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3155391/posts

In either case, not a good day.

[mj1234]

would not need much explosive to disintegrate the
aircraft- maybe 2 lbs of C4?- or similar-
with a auto destruct engaged after liftoff and if
aircraft fell to 1000ft above the ground...

[trisham]

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[cport]

First this; State television showed footage on Sunday it said was of a US aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf filmed by an Iranian drone

Then this:The stealth replica would “soon take a test flight,” an IRGC officer said on Sunday

Okay, which is it? Seems if it hasn't had a test flight, it couldn't have already filmed anything. Islamaidiots

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Not to fear. Drone signals can be jammed. But yeah, Obama lives up to his ‘Zero’ moniker.

[cherokee1]

That style of recoil reducer really cracks the ears of the shooter-—turns the supersonic wave 90 degrees. Even if the have a bunch of deaf guys to shoot it, without ear protection it will make the shooter falling-down dizy after the first shot.

[Cubs Fan]

I don’t know when it will happen, but I know it will. Someday Israel and the US will regret not having dealt with Iran when they should have.

[WayneS]

Wasn’t Scott Peterson sentenced to death for murdering his wife a few years ago?

[mountn man]

Probably about as good as Irans stealth fighter

[HKMk23]

“We should have bombed it during the press conference with one of our drones...”

I dunno; all that irony concentrated in such a small area...? Next thing ya know the whole place gets sucked into an irrationality vortex. That would be a series cataclysm affecting all hugh manatee; a cat ass trophy of epicurean portions.

Do you know the critical mass of irony, offhand? It’s been so long I’d have to look it up, myself.

[jacknhoo]

Maybe they’ll take out Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Reid...?

[USAF80]

They have kept their F14 flyable all these years. I won’t sleep on these guys. They did some incredible stuff against Saddam like the lowest aerial refueling in history.

[RetiredArmy]

God is not going to do anything special for America. America has become a cess pool of sin and debauchery. We celebrate homo’s on ESPN kissing after one is drafted to the NFL. The president sends them congrad’s notices. America has a massive sin problem. Until America repents its sins, America is going to continue down the tube into hell. America as founded is gone. America has become a Me Me Me first state. Communists, socialists, Islamic murdering thugs, race wars, homo lovers, our military now considering gender changers to be enlisted. This is not the nation I was born into. It is not a nation that I am proud of. Like I said, until America gets on its knees and confess its sins, it swirls deeper and deeper into the debauchery.

[Smokin' Joe]

I’m guessing, one on each side of the cockpit, behind the red caps. They seem a mite small, though.

[American Constitutionalist]

Hey Iran ? fear what maybe " operational " in the US arsenal, but fear all the more what has not been revealed to the public and world , ..... yet.

A man who I knew who worked with technology who is now deceased once told me, that the technology that we see today ? was developed 10 15 20 years before the world or public see's the light of it.

[American Constitutionalist]

Hobbyist with some fiberglass could have come up with something like that.... nice try Iran...
Just wait Iran until the " real " stealth drones " start coming your way that you don't know about, yet.

[Fledermaus]

A lot of paper mache.

[Fledermaus]

My obtainium is unobtainiumable.

[American Constitutionalist]

You don't want to know.......

Goat brothels...

[mazda77]

I spent 18 months of my life stationed in Tehran. The old joke was there weren’t homos there, it was just custom.