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One thing I've never understood all along is how Iran managed to capture the drone intact. Was it guided into a runway landing somehow? Or else how did they not
by avit 15y ago
One thing I've never understood all along is how Iran managed to capture the drone intact. Was it guided into a runway landing somehow? Or else how did they not crash it?
- pja 15y agoReading http://news.softpedia.com/news/Iranians-Capture-US-Drone-with-GPS-Attack-241075.shtml http://news.softpedia.com/news/Iranians-Capture-US-Drone-wit... it sounds more like the attack was on the drone itself which manifests itself if the drone loses GPS lock. Perhaps a secondary navigation system that can more easily be spoofed? Also, this article in New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/12/did-iran-hack-us-drones-gps.html http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/12/did-ira... says that the drone was damaged on landing, hence the drapes around the bottom of the aircraft in the picture.
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- Luc 15y agoThe wings appeared to be held on by duct tape. Perhaps it didn't fall from very high.
- Luc 15y agoThis is being downvoted, but I am serious. In the pictures you can see the wings have been crudely reattached to the body using a white tape to cover up the supposed break. Hence it seems possible that the plane crashed, but not from an altitude that would do major damage.
- mrb 15y agoThe (alleged) story is that Iran spoofed the GPS signal to make the drone believe it was approaching its friendly landing strip, when in fact it was approaching an iranian field of the same orientation/altitude...