Fears for Pentagon air power as Iran claims drone capture
Came across this story in Stephen Trimble's DEW Line
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards claim they are reverse engineering RQ-170 tech - The DEW Line
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards claim they are reverse engineering RQ-170 tech - The DEW Line
Last edited by chopper2004; 15th May 2012 at 10:49.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
Now there's a plan.
Take something that doesn't work, reverse engineer it, fly it . . .
Take something that doesn't work, reverse engineer it, fly it . . .
I recognise that dispersal and it's not in Iran!
I suspect they have either stolen some footage from some idiot that has put on the internet (or stored it on their personal laptop!) or they have tapped into the Full Motion Video feed (which should have been encrypted). Or it could be some footage from the hold-up memory on the aircraft (which should have been zeroised) - that's a good lesson if it hasn't been!
Either way, they did not have control of the aircraft. It is not the feed from the satellite as it is line-of-sight. There's also no parametric data on the feed, so I wonder if they picked up a faulty feed from the aircraft?
Not exactly earth shattering and it could have been the ROVER feed from a targetting pod from a manned aircraft just as easily.
iRaven
I suspect they have either stolen some footage from some idiot that has put on the internet (or stored it on their personal laptop!) or they have tapped into the Full Motion Video feed (which should have been encrypted). Or it could be some footage from the hold-up memory on the aircraft (which should have been zeroised) - that's a good lesson if it hasn't been!
Either way, they did not have control of the aircraft. It is not the feed from the satellite as it is line-of-sight. There's also no parametric data on the feed, so I wonder if they picked up a faulty feed from the aircraft?
Not exactly earth shattering and it could have been the ROVER feed from a targetting pod from a manned aircraft just as easily.
iRaven
Last edited by iRaven; 6th Feb 2013 at 16:47.
See from 01:32. Footage of the Iranians recovering the RQ-170.
02:22 shows more footage claimed recovered from the RQ-170.
02:22 shows more footage claimed recovered from the RQ-170.
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Partial translation of documentary on the capture:
FASCINATING: IRANIAN RQ-170 DOCUMENTARY PARTIALLY TRANSLATED | aviationintel
FASCINATING: IRANIAN RQ-170 DOCUMENTARY PARTIALLY TRANSLATED | aviationintel
They seem to be manipulating the facts recently
Iranian news agency digitally alters Michelle Obama's Oscars gown to make it look more modest | Mail Online
Iranian news agency digitally alters Michelle Obama's Oscars gown to make it look more modest | Mail Online
