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They created enough interference/distortion to make the drone go into automatic landing mode? I don't know how they work so I don't even know if they if have t
by mahyarm 15y ago
They created enough interference/distortion to make the drone go into automatic landing mode? I don't know how they work so I don't even know if they if have that mode, but that's what I would guess.
- shareme 15y agothat is more probable than anything else and matches Iran's electronic capabilities
- politician 15y ago// bill: don't be so paranoid -mgmt //if (inIran && lost_tether) nosedive(); if (lost_tether) find_a_nice_flat_place_to_land(); Unlikely.
- mahyarm 15y agoKnowing how unreliable RF can be, I think they had to make a tradeoff between self-destruct on interference being a hilarious and cheap way to destroy their expensive drone fleet and landing on extended interference.
- politician 15y agoSelf-destruct on interference ... of a stealth drone... in enemy airspace... because it is presumably damaged to the point where it can't fly east. It's stealth, so they shouldn't have been able to track it. It's encountering this over enemy airspace, so it should interpret this as an attack. The untethered drone has a few options: (a) fly east, (b) self-destruct, or (c) land. It's bizarre that it chose to land under those conditions.
- mahyarm 15y agoStealth doesn't mean impossible to detect, it means harder to detect.