Iran Claims 'Takeover,' Downing of US Drone
military.com / bryant jordan
05-Dec-2011 (one comment)

Iran claimed Sunday that it brought down a stealthy American reconnaissance drone dubbed "The Beast of Kandahar" after taking control of the aircraft while it was flying over its territory near the Afghanistan border.

Iran's semi-official news agency quoted government sources as saying the unmanned aerial vehicle -- which they identified as an RQ-170 Sentinel -- came down largely intact, though it offered no photos of the plane.

U.S. officials are not denying Iran has a downed UAV, and said one went missing a week ago.

"The UAV to which the Iranians are referring may be a U.S. unarmed reconnaissance aircraft that had been flying a mission over western Afghanistan late last week," the International Security Assistance Forces press office said in a statement. "The operators of the UAV lost control of the aircraft and had been working to determine its status."

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by yolanda on Mon Dec 05, 2011 06:35 AM PST

According to media reports, an unidentified Iranian military official told Fars News Agency that an Iranian cyber warfare unit commandeered the UAV and brought it down.

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