Topic ID #15365 - posted 12/15/2011 1:41 PM
Jennifer Palmer
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GPS navigation hacked in downed US drone, claims Iranian engineer
Jennifer Palmer
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Iran hijacked US drone, claims Iranian engineer
Tells Christian Science Monitor that CIA's spy aircraft was 'spoofed' into landing in enemy territory instead of its home base in Afghanistan By Scott Peterson and Payam Faramarzi* updated 2 hours 35 minutes ago
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Iran guided the CIA's "lost" stealth drone to an intact landing inside hostile territory by exploiting a navigational weakness long-known to the US military, according to an Iranian engineer now working on the captured drone's systems inside Iran.
Iranian electronic warfare specialists were able to cut off communications links of the American bat-wing RQ-170 Sentinel, says the engineer, who works for one of many Iranian military and civilian teams currently trying to unravel the drone’s stealth and intelligence secrets, and who could not be named for his safety.
Read more here.
Tells Christian Science Monitor that CIA's spy aircraft was 'spoofed' into landing in enemy territory instead of its home base in Afghanistan By Scott Peterson and Payam Faramarzi* updated 2 hours 35 minutes ago
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Iran guided the CIA's "lost" stealth drone to an intact landing inside hostile territory by exploiting a navigational weakness long-known to the US military, according to an Iranian engineer now working on the captured drone's systems inside Iran.
Iranian electronic warfare specialists were able to cut off communications links of the American bat-wing RQ-170 Sentinel, says the engineer, who works for one of many Iranian military and civilian teams currently trying to unravel the drone’s stealth and intelligence secrets, and who could not be named for his safety.
Read more here.
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