Iran attacks American drone

[Tierbook]

you can read about it here
so basically Iran tried to shoot down an American drone in international airspace just before the election.... any thoughts on this

[Naxere]

I love how this happened on Nov. 1st but we didn't hear about it until AFTER the election. GG Transparency.

[Squaddles]

There's a part of me that thinks about how the Vietnam war began with the offshore ship incident. Other part of me just facepalms and shakes my head at Iran's stupidity if it is true.

[smelltheglove]

relieved. apparently iranian pilots can be outflown by an unmanned, unarmed drone

[Marooned]

relieved. apparently iranian pilots can be outflown by an unmanned, unarmed drone

Actually Iranian pilots are very skilled since they fly outdated (non automated) planes and they get recruited in US easily after some good years of experience there

[smelltheglove]

Actually Iranian pilots are very skilled since they fly outdated planes and they get recruited in US easily after some good years of experience there

im being facetious in a thread deliberately intended to rile people up

[This name sucks]

So they can't hit a propeller powered subsonic remote controlled airplane.

[Monolith of Mazes]

I wonder what they were firing at it with. Some outdated cold war technology? Also, we could wonder what kind of electronic counter measures surveillance drones are equipped with.

[goobernoob]

I wonder what they were firing at it with. Some outdated cold war technology? Also, we could wonder what kind of electronic counter measures surveillance drones are equipped with.

guns on an outdated ground attack aircraft

[Sunseeker]

I wonder what they were firing at it with. Some outdated cold war technology? Also, we could wonder what kind of electronic counter measures surveillance drones are equipped with.

who cares, it was probably so embarrassing that they couldn't hit it that they won't try again.

[obdigore]

I love how this happened on Nov. 1st but we didn't hear about it until AFTER the election. GG Transparency.

Read the story? Triggered a formal warning through diplomatic channels and I would assume they waited until after they got a response from Iran before announcing anything was done.

[Mandible]

I love how this happened on Nov. 1st but we didn't hear about it until AFTER the election. GG Transparency.

Do you need to hear about every little detail especially when its not about human lives?

[stabetha]

it wasn't an attack it was a protest in response to a video

[Bakis]

There's a part of me that thinks about how the Vietnam war began with the offshore ship incident. Other part of me just facepalms and shakes my head at Iran's stupidity if it is true.

The incident is interesting. South Vietnamese ships backed up by signal intelligence US ships both viloated North Vietnamese waters. The SV ships made an attack.
Later on when the VM ships set out to persue they came across the USS Maddox (which had by now retreated out into international waters) and asumed it to be resposible (which is partly correct) and the battle began.
The story of USS Maddox being attacked on international waters for no reason is a myth if to fully understand the events.

[Naxere]

Do you need to hear about every little detail especially when its not about human lives?

I would consider acts of aggression from another nation against U.S. property as newsworthy.

[Frontenac]

Can't blame the Iranians to shoot that bird. You don't fly such a toy just for fun. If I was an Iranian, I wouldn't like those things to spy on me. The USA would do the same if, say, the Russians sent a drone too close to Alaska.

[Deleted]

Lol, they couldn't even hit it, silly Iran.

[zaxlor]

I read this as "Iron Man shoots down American drone".

I'm disapointed

[Tierbook]

Can't blame the Iranians to shoot that bird. You don't fly such a toy just for fun. If I was an Iranian, I wouldn't like those things to spy on me. The USA would do the same if, say, the Russians sent a drone too close to Alaska.

it was in international airspace as in 12miles away from the border.... i doubt any cameras it has are that good

[Frontenac]

it was in international airspace as in 12miles away from the border.... i doubt any cameras it has are that good

I don't know. Satellites have cameras that can clearly take picture of a one meter objects a few hundred miles away. If I wanted to spy with a drone, I would use cameras at least half as good.