Iran Wants To Clone Downed US Drone 663
PolygamousRanchKid sends this quote from the LA Times:
"The Obama administration has sent a formal diplomatic request asking Iran to return the radar-evading drone aircraft that crashed on a CIA spying mission this month, but U.S. officials say they don't expect Iran will comply. 'We have asked for it back,' Obama said Monday at a news conference in Washington with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. 'We'll see how the Iranians respond.' His comments marked the first public confirmation that the RQ-170 Sentinel drone now in Iranian hands is a U.S. aircraft, though U.S. officials privately acknowledged that in recent days. Iran has claimed it downed the stealthy surveillance drone, but U.S. officials say it malfunctioned. Capture of the futuristic-looking unmanned spy plane has provided Tehran with a propaganda windfall. The government announced that it planned to clone and mass produce the bat-winged craft for use against its enemies."
Iran has also demanded an apology from the U.S. for the drone flight in its airspace.
Now these guys have some balls (Score:5, Funny)
The Obama administration has sent a formal diplomatic request asking Iran to return the radar-evading drone aircraft that crashed on a CIA spying mission this month
Getting caught and then asking to return their spying device, lol.
Re:Now these guys have some balls (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, it's kind of like throwing a baseball through someone's window then asking for the ball back.
Re:Now these guys have some balls (Score:5, Funny)
A better analogy might be a peeping tom throwing a camera through someone's window and then ringing the doorbell to ask for it back.
You'd be surprised how often that works, BTW.
Clone on the Range (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, give me a drone where the camels all roam
Where the Sikhs and the Sunnis all pray
Where often is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are dusty all day
Clone, clone of my drone
Where the Sikhs and the Sunnis all pray
Where often is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are dusty all day
Joke's on you Iran! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Jesus (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Now these guys have some balls (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, it's like parking your car on the street in front of your neighbor's house and having them tow it on to their yard and put it up on blocks.
(Well, somebody had to make the car analogy....)
All Ur Drones R Belong 2 Us (Score:5, Funny)
Ummm... if they clone an American drone, won't it still answer to our siren call? Cool, that would make Iran a subcontractor for the U.S. military!
old fortune says (Score:4, Funny)
(it was funny in the 80's)
Re:Now these guys have some balls (Score:5, Funny)
Actually its more like flying a drone into someones airspace and having it crash, and then asking for it back.
Re:Now these guys have some balls (Score:3, Funny)
Actually in this case, the camera would've been hiding right in the neighbor's yard.
Iran: Is this your camera? What is this camera doing here?
US: Nothing. but can we have it back?
Re:All Ur Drones R Belong 2 Us (Score:5, Funny)
I bet they could make them cheaper than Lockheed Martin. Might work out for us in the end.
Tough call (Score:5, Funny)
IANAL, but according to the precedent set by Keepers Vs. Weepers, I think the US will have a very hard time convincing the courts for the immediate return of their supposed property unless they can get their mommy and daddy involved.
Oh, this was in Iran? Well, we know where this is going. The US will just go over to Iran's house and shoot his parents in the face.
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Re:...But he said Please! (Score:4, Funny)
...and when it detects Ahmadinejad's voice print nearby it goes kaboom!
Re:Now these guys have some balls (Score:5, Funny)
Actually its more like flying a drone into someones airspace and having it crash, and then asking for it back.
Actually, it's more like ... wait a minute.
Re:...But he said Please! (Score:5, Funny)
You mean the spy drone is a spy?
We need to go deeper.
Run Away! (Score:5, Funny)
Biden: Well, now, uh, Obama, Panetta, and I, wait until nightfall, and then leap out of the drone, taking the Iranians by surprise
oops (Score:2, Funny)
Did we forget to mention that all of our drones are made out of a special pig-lard-based plastic resin?
Sorry about your souls, all you devouts that touched it.
not likely (Score:2, Funny)
Re:why no self-destruct? (Score:4, Funny)
If they circumvent the encryption, the US can nail them under the DMCA. And if they clone it, boy are they in for a heap of trouble with IP and patent violations. No, I don't even see how they could possibly even consider doing any of that.
Re:Iran? Nope, China and Russia... (Score:2, Funny)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Iranian_Oil_Refining_and_Distribution_Company [wikipedia.org]
Yeah. They all live in tents and ride camels. You're an American, right?