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Iran Military Shoots Down U.S. Drone: State TV
Rueters via Yahoo News ^
| 4 Dec 2011
| Rueters
Posted on 12/04/2011 7:25:25 AM PST by edpc
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's military said on Sunday it had shot down a U.S. reconnaissance drone aircraft in eastern Iran, a military source told state television.
"Iran's military has downed an intruding RQ-170 American drone in eastern Iran," Iran's Arabic-language Al Alam state television network quoted the unnamed source as saying.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; irandrone; irandroneattack; middleeast; uav
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Naturally, this is to be taken with a grain of salt, given the original source. Odd they're so specific about the drone model.
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posted on
12/04/2011 7:25:29 AM PST
by
edpc
To: edpc
Wonder if the next one [if this one was real] will shoot at the origin of the shot that is coming towards it. At a minimum the exact location of the origin should be recorded he he he
To: edpc
Probably just called a bff in Pakistan to get the info.
To: Principled
I don’t believe it for one second. This is propaganda.
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posted on
12/04/2011 7:36:09 AM PST
by
juliej
To: edpc
The RQ-170 was specifically designed with “mid-tech” rather than leading edge stealth technology, on the assumption that there would be occasional operational losses, so it’s unremarkable that in who knows how many attempts, Iran was unable to down one.
Or, you could simply been a case of mechanical failure.
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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12/04/2011 7:41:42 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: juliej
China threatens WW3 to defend Iran, Iran runs between China’s legs, and sticks out its tongue at us.
To: edpc
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posted on
12/04/2011 7:46:31 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Santelli 2012)
To: edpc
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posted on
12/04/2011 7:46:57 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Santelli 2012)
To: mewzilla
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posted on
12/04/2011 7:49:41 AM PST
by
Tex-Con-Man
(T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII 2012 - "Together, I Shall Ride You To Victory")
To: edpc
Anybody put the bug in his ear to buzz Tehran on his way to Honolulu?
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posted on
12/04/2011 7:51:35 AM PST
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: edpc
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posted on
12/04/2011 7:59:11 AM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: edpc
Sounds like propoganda to me. Let us see the wreckage.
And if they did, the RQ-170 is a recon and surveillance bird. Developed in 2005, deployed to the Mid East in 2007 and later to S. Korea, and announced publically in 2009.
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posted on
12/04/2011 8:26:05 AM PST
by
Jeff Head
(Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: edpc
Is a modification of it is not those who vote but those who count the votes, to, it is not those who shipped but those who receive the shipments? If one is there (in iran) ... inventory check?
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posted on
12/04/2011 8:37:29 AM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen. --> AmeriCain)
To: edpc
They’re holding a landing gear hostage.
To: Lady Lucky
China threatens WW3 to defend Iran, Iran runs between China’s legs, and sticks out its tongue at us and zer0bama bows from the waist....
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posted on
12/04/2011 10:20:07 AM PST
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Lady Lucky
LOL now that thar is downright funny!
And oh so accurate.
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posted on
12/04/2011 10:44:57 AM PST
by
Syncro
(Sarah Palin, the unofficial Tea Party candidate for president--Virtual Jerusalem)
To: edpc
Sure they did. Just like in 2009 they shot down a UFO.
IRAN SHOOTS DOWN UFO!!!
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posted on
12/04/2011 10:46:50 AM PST
by
papasmurf
(I pledge to vote (R). How 'bout you?)
To: papasmurf
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posted on
12/04/2011 10:47:23 AM PST
by
papasmurf
(I pledge to vote (R). How 'bout you?)
To: papasmurf
Nothing seems to work correctly today. LOL
Link to IRAN SHOOTS DOWN UFO!!!
http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/31251/IRAN_SHOOTS_DOWN_UFO_/
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posted on
12/04/2011 10:48:18 AM PST
by
papasmurf
(I pledge to vote (R). How 'bout you?)
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