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The best thing to do with military technology is to never deploy it, that way it can never fall into enemy hands. It just sits there on display, shiny and impressive and secret ...
... and totally useless ... brilliant ...
PS - Do you think he'll send Iran a letter apologizing to them, the way Bush did to China over a plane that the Chinese rammed over international waters?
PPS - You probably do, but you're going to be disappointed!
He had to make a call on whether to retrieve, destroy, or abandon. I don't know the details of the situation that were presented to him, so I can't make judgement on his decision. He may well have made the right call given the circumstances and risks. You can't assess the facts based on what a news journalist says.
You know, it would help if you actually had some kind of vague clue of which you are speaking.
The company that manufactured the drone, as well as as some of the secrets that the drone contained, certainly had no intention of just giving all that to the enemy.
OP, get a clue.
You know, it would help if you actually had some kind of vague clue of which you are speaking.
The company that manufactured the drone, as well as as some of the secrets that the drone contained, certainly had no intention of just giving all that to the enemy.
OP, get a clue.
And it's not like Iran can hope to replicate the drone.
And even assuming they trade it to Russia or China for a favorable vote in the Security Council someday, it's one thing to know how to do something, it's another to do it.
After all, the Soviets got a U-2. But they never built one themselves, or anything like it...
Textbook case of planting evidence to muster up American sentiment against Iran showing how hostile they are against the U.S. and how they're trying to make our technology obsolete which will be another "Sputnik" type event... 'ish.
And it's not like Iran can hope to replicate the drone.
And even assuming they trade it to Russia or China for a favorable vote in the Security Council someday, it's one thing to know how to do something, it's another to do it.
After all, the Soviets got a U-2. But they never built one themselves, or anything like it...
the Soviets built the MiG-25 FoxBat and Mig-31 Foxhound were made for one purpose and that was total air domination. They were made to intercept ICBM's on the edge of space and shoot them down. They were made as a first line of defense against nuclear threats they are able to reach speeds of mach 3.2 and break the sound barrier in vertical position.
Cold War Era planes make todays planes seem pretty tame
the Soviets built the MiG-25 FoxBat and Mig-31 Foxhound were made for one purpose and that was total air domination. They were made to intercept ICBM's on the edge of space and shoot them down. They were made as a first line of defense against nuclear threats they are able to reach speeds of mach 3.2 and break the sound barrier in vertical position.
Cold War Era planes make todays planes seem pretty tame
And they were nothing like the U-2, so the point remains...
The Russians almost certainly got American stealth technology back in 1999 when an F-117 went down in Yugoslavia. Twelve and a half years later, no Russian stealth aircraft.
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