Wednesday, December 7, 2011

USAF UAV That Crashed In Iran Likely Malfunctioned

RQ-170

Analysts: Lost USAF UAV Likely Malfunctioned -- Defense News

Iran's claims to have brought down one of the U.S. Air Force's stealthy unmanned RQ-170 Sentinel reconnaissance aircraft are highly dubious, analysts and Pentagon officials said.

However, the loss of contact with the pilotless jet cast doubts on the service's claim that it has a good handle on maintaining uninterrupted control of such aircraft.

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My Comment: Let us hope that it was a malfunction, and not something more serious like .... was it hacked, or was it hijacked because of sabotage.

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