Air Force Says Iran Didn't Down Drone 248
First time accepted submitter QQBoss writes "The Air Force is not saying what caused the RQ-170 UAV to crash in Iran, but that Iran's claim to have forced it down is erroneous. The drone didn't come down and land gently as Iran had suggested it did. At least Iran got a good photo op, though the more interesting question is what technology will they be able to glean from what they did capture."
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Re:Forget PR (Score:4, Informative)
IIRC there was a version of the 386 that was hardened against high levels of radiation...hence their being used quite a bit in space (and presumably nuclear) applications, which would go along way towards explaining such a thing.
They would say, wouldn't they? (Score:4, Informative)
The Air Force is saying that "Iran's claim to have forced it down is erroneous."
WIth all due respect they would say that, wouldn't they ? So, as an indication of what happened, I am afraid this is not very useful.
Re:Forget PR (Score:5, Informative)
Right. They upgraded to IBM AP-101S. 32bit, 1.2Mhz, 1MB RAM.
From what I understand, there were Intel 80386 processors used for other functions.
They are used in all kinds of embedded systems, both gov't and commercial. There isn't much need to upgrade the CPU on some embedded device that's always worked that way. Well, not til the next generation needs more power.
The shuttle didn't generally change very much, so if they were using 386's to run some device, there wasn't much need to upgrade.