Drone that crashed in Iran risks secret U.S. technology


By Jim Miklaszewski, NBC News chief Pentagon correspondent


An American drone that crashed in Iran last Thursday was on a mission for the CIA, and is now in the hands of Iran’s military, NBC News has learned.

U.S. officials tell NBC that CIA operators were flying the unmanned drone when it veered out of control and headed deep into Iran. The drone eventually ran out of fuel and crashed in Iran's remote mountains.

The nature of the drone’s mission was secret and sources say it's still not clear whether the drone was operating in Iran or Afghanistan.

Officials here confirm that the vehicle was a highly secret stealth drone called an RQ-170, which looks more like a flying wing than an airplane — the same kind of drone that circled over Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan as Navy Seals targeted the fugitive al-Qaida leader.

One major concern is that the Iranians could salvage highly sensitive technology used in the drone for cameras or sensors or even the stealth technology, and try to develop it for themselves.

Iranian media reported on Sunday that their country's military had shot down a U.S. reconnaissance drone in eastern Iran, but a U.S. official said there was no indication the aircraft had been shot down.

Iran has announced several times in the past that it shot down U.S., Israeli or British drones, in incidents that did not provoke high-profile responses.

"Iran's military has downed an intruding RQ-170 American drone in eastern Iran," Iran's Arabic-language Al Alam state television network on Sunday quoted a military source as saying.

"The spy drone, which has been downed with little damage, was seized by the Iranian armed forces," the source said. "The Iranian military's response to the American spy drone's violation of our airspace will not be limited to Iran's borders."

Iranian officials were not available to comment further.
The incident comes at a time when Tehran is trying to contain foreign outrage at the storming of the British embassy on Tuesday, after London announced sanctions on Iran's central bank in connection with Iran's nuclear enrichment program.

This was on the news tonight.

I would like to know why the CIA is not talking.
Of course they never do.

But what are they up to? Another black Operation.

The Iranians are saying they shot the plane down. America is denying this.

Its a spy plane for heaven's sake!!

Just as I said earlier, America and Israel are plotting and spying on Iran preparing some kind of military move.



Beware the ides of March as they say.

Do you think the rumor is true about facebook shutting down on March 15th?

Have you heard about Israel's plan to cyber attack Iran and shut down their grid and cell phone communications?

Since the CIA is not talking I will do a tarot card reading on the question.


9 Card reading on American Drone plane and its mission in Iran.

Card drawn: Ten of Swords.

Talks and negotiations with Iran have failed or come to an end.

Other eight cards: Classified.

Reading:

Mission and purpose of the drone: Spying of course.

Q: What exactly are they looking for?
A: Key targets of interest.

Q: Who is behind it?
A: The emperor

Q: What are the intentions?
A: To gain maximum advantage with minimum casualties and minimum bad press. Black operations are in progress.

Q: Intentions of Black Operations:
A: To infiltrate and assassinate someone.

Q: Who is the target?
A: The King of Swords.

Think about it.

Why would our government be flying a stealth capable drone in that area.

Surveillance could have been done with a 'standard' drone.

More than likely they 'gave' them the drone.

Perhaps to show them how far ahead we actually are.

Since it would take them at least 10 years to reverse the engineering.