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Subscribe to RSSLONDON — Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had conducted tests aimed at bringing down a "hypothetical" foreign surveillance drone during a military exercise, the official Fars news agency said on Saturday.
The Islamic Republic News Agency, another official news agency, also reported the exercise, but omitted the word hypothetical giving the impression that a real drone had been downed.
Other official Iranian media outlets later referred to the downing of a "hypothetical" aircraft.
In the past, there have been incidents of Iran claiming to have seized U.S. drones.
In early January Iranian media said Iran had captured two miniature U.S.-made surveillance drones over the past 17 months.
Several drone incidents over the past year or so have highlighted tension in the Gulf as Iran and the United States flex their military capabilities in a standoff over Iran's disputed nuclear program.
Iran said in January that lightweight RQ11 Raven drones were brought down by Iranian air defense units in separate incidents in August 2011 and November 2012.
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I know the United States can defend its weapons from anything that, not hypothetically, Iran may try to send against it. Not to mention, that drones the United States does use, are designed to explode, so there is no usable parts or information that can be gathered.
However, according to Iran,hypothetically, it would always announce it scored a direct hit against an American drone.But only hypnotically. Of course the word hypothetically would be removed from all news sources of military information when published to its population. Can't have folks believing their country is anything but the greatest on earth. Not hypothetically, of course. Just can't imagine the what that day will look like, when Iran finally enters into war. For its only a matter of when and drones start falling from the sky.You can bet the expressions of its peoples faces won't be hypothetical shock.
pure hypo?
Yeah. We can smoke Iran no problem.
And N. Korea.
And Syria.
And Nigeria.
And Russia.
And Pakistan.
With our hands tied behind our backs.
Egypt
Libya
Iraq
Indonesia
Thailand
Mali
Yemen
Tunisia
Somalia or anywhere else that might boil over.
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LOL
Blutowski 0.0
Well said.. ^5
Hey, I was wondering what happened to my kids radio controlled airplane. Those Iranian Theocrats owe me $200.
Blutowski 0.0
- your my man, good on you, I like it.
Bring it on Iran ! Mutual destruction may rid the rest of the world of the curse of the Persians, the Arabs and the Jews.
John, the curse is the religion and not the people. Israel without Jews and Iran without Muslims would be a great first step me thinks.
john algarme
Just a suggestion, anti semitism isn't cool in the civilized world.
OK. Let's send then some hypothetical drones to try and bring down. Those drones should be designed to fly one way into Iranian airspace and explode as soon as they are approached by personnel on the ground. That way we can also test to see if Iran is still lying about bringing US drones down. Maybe we could also have them disperse testosterone blockers and aerosol valium so the Iranians will calm down a little.
The word by the IRGC Ground Forces Commander ,Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour was ASYMMETRICAL warfare- jamming evasions,recon, SUICIDE DRONES. The exercises are called The Great Prophet 8. The suicide drones are unmanned Kamikazi drones. Read Chinese news- who were given access. http://www.news.xinthuanet.com/english/world/2013-02/24/c_132187933.htm
I think that Iran is trying to become enormous supplier of Electricity from nuclear plants in the middle east. There is a shortage of that commodity and if they do it'll be much worse for outside nations to have any effect.
Time to put a nuke in a drone that is designed to detonate only at 100 feet above ground level and intentionally have it circle over Iran at 105 feet so they can "bring it down"....... OOPS - sorry, we forgot to mention that our drones are now nuclear powered....to bad about that half of your country. Maybe your little fruitcake buddy in North Korea will rebuild it for you.
I hope we are working on stealth drones, since these drones can serve as targeting drones using onboard laser targeting systems, which can dramatically improve the speed and efficiency of any future military engagements with the help of smart warheads and smart bombs. Six day wars could easily become two or three day wars with the combined help of these advanced warfare systems. - RC
Published Feb 2013
Emmy-winning journalist, Shad Olson, explores the controversy over U.S. drone policy, both at home and abroad.
While technological sky supremacy gives America strategic superiority on the battlefield, the prospect of drone proliferation over U.S. cities is causing concern about loss of privacy, an end to Habeas Corpus and judicial due process and the destruction of Constitutional rights.
South Dakota U.S. Senator John Thune and former U.S. Senate candidate, Sam Kephart share their views about the consequences of domestic drone deployment in the fight against terrorism.
Originally aired on KNBN-TV, (NBC) NewsCenter1, Rapid City, South Dakota in February 2013.
Amazing video captures the angst folks have about domestic drone deployment...
youtube.com/watch?v=ssoOASanKao
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I'm am sure the Iranians used their special unicorn camel flying carpet dung V immobilizer to bring down this alien probe drone.
how
will you know whose drones are flying around doing whatever in the US, our military ,private individuals ,companies ,home grown terrorist , Foreign implanted terrorist ?
Hmmm
nasty business
Nuclear power plants and drones? I hope I'm not the first person to think about that.