China was able to gain full access to an American satellite (or at least blamed for it [http://informationweek.com/news/government/security/231901900 http://inf

China was able to gain full access to an American satellite (or at least blamed for it [http://informationweek.com/news/government/security/231901900 http://informationweek.com/news/government/security/23190190... ]). I would bet that Russia has similar capabilities. Iran isn't working in isolation, and if either Russia or China decided to crack their knuckles in this situation, the likelihood of the craft being downed is higher than one might initially think.