Iranian military aircraft targeted a U.S. Predator drone over the Persian Gulf this week, administration officials said. It was the latest in Iranian efforts to thwart the U.S. military's airborne intelligence collections efforts in the region.
Three administration officials have separately confirmed details of the incident, although the Pentagon has not publicly acknowledged it.
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Ok to those of you not ADA trained(Air Defence Artilliary,2/51ADA B Btry,1ST ID) You can confront a unmanned msl/drone picked up on your radar if your IFF(Identify Friend of Foe) does not identify craft as friend while flying in a restricted air space.
ok CNN. Why is there no mention by you guys about the senate passing a budget? Don't u think it is newsworthy that after four years of sitting on there hands they finally presented one? I mean come on. these are your boys and u don't report it? Rather odd on the part of CNN
Lol alrighty then s kel, Thats all fine and dandy they SAW a drone in their air space. However they did NOT confront it!
If I saw a drone I would probably jump up and down and wave at it. Those things are cool. Plus I might be on TV or something. It's good to wave and be friendly.
Lol yea @ benn, their cool now til we get some lunatic in charge of them then its on and poppin then aint it? And if the government keeps chipping away our rights little by little you wont think theyre cool then i betcha!
Translation: "I listen to Rush"
Sounding a bit more irrational every day there, sport. You ok?
Nurrrrse
Now, why do people suppose that the surveillance drones are going to be armed?
Holder put to rest the Commander-In-Chief using them to kill our citizens here in the States, but I guess it is much more fun to feel paranoid.
drone daddy...why can'tah drone bring down an aircraft?