With all of our technological prowess, it is now discovered:
Exclusive: Iran hijacked US drone, says Iranian engineer
In an exclusive interview, an engineer working to unlock the secrets of the captured RQ-170 Sentinel says they exploited a known vulnerability and tricked the US drone into landing in Iran.
A “known vulnerability.”
Wonderful. Nothing like purposely handing our finest stealth technology directly over to our enemies. You can be guaranteed the Chinese were first in line to pay, then the Russians.
Yes, we are apparently that stupid. Next time let’s just save the money and directly hand over the blueprints instead.
BZ
Just like short wave HAM operators messing with RC cars and planes, only bigger, and much more expensive and dangerous..
And injurious to our tech and defense stance. . .
BZ
BZ, I think they just did. This is truly an embarrassment.
Two possibilities occur to me.
1. Incredible arrogance and stupidity by the drone operators command. (Most Likely)
2. A Trojan Horse. Based on what the Iranians/Chinese/Russians learn,their defenses will be built around it. (Not likely, but I want to think we have sneaky, smart people on our side)
WSF: I can only hope.
BZ
Where did the electronic hardware in the drone come from? Was it all made in the U.S.? Or did we build it out of components that were purchased from Asia? Because the vulnerability they are talking about could be a feature, not a bug, and it could be in a lot of other equipment.
An excellent question though I’d hope with something that sensitive it would all remain “in house.” But, at this point, it’s conjecture.
BZ