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Dark_Falcon12/04/2011 7:29:11 am PST

re: #141 Killgore Trout

Ah, it’s one of the stealth models. If there is a downed drone it was most likely a mechanical failure rather than being shot down.

And the Fars claim has already made it into the Wiki page, (though it is made clear its a claim):

On 4 December, iranian state TV “al alam” reported that the Iranian military Declared it has downed a RQ-170 UAV, which tried to penetrate Iran’s airspace through eastern borders. According to semi-Official Fars News Agency, Iranian Electronic Warfare Units managed to take control of the UAV and force it to land in iran with minor damage .

LMAO at the idea that Iran could pull THAT off. A shoot-down might be believable, but this strikes me as a “for domestic consumption only” lie.