Hey...Can We Have that Back?

As mentioned in an earlier post, the U.S. had recently lost a reconnaissance drone over western Afghanistan due to, as Iran claims, Iranian hackers jamming its signal. Now, however, the U.S. asks for its drone back and is currently waiting for an answer. According to the article attached to this post's title, an Iranian military officer had previously announced that they will not be returning the drone.

"'No nation welcomes other countries' spy drones in its territory, and no one sends back the spying equipment and its information back to the country of origin,' said Gen. Hossein Salami, deputy commander of Iran's military, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Sunday.

'It makes no difference where this drone originated and which group or country sent it to invade our airspace,' Salami said. 'This was an act of invasion and belligerence.'"

I think Salami makes a valid point. This was an act of invasion and probably won't be getting that drone back...But what do you think? Will the U.S. get its drone back? Does it deserve its drone back? Thoughts?

Finders Keepers! Iran has lost U.S. spy drone

As some of you may have read in the news, the Pentagon recently announced that it had lost a reconnaissance drone in western Afghanistan due to technological difficulties. Iran claimed responsibility, stating that Iranian hackers had used jamming signals to divert the craft.

"Iran hacking into the drone is as likely as an Ayatollah standing on a mountain-top and using thought waves to bring it down," Lewis, a former Reagan administration official now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Yahoo News by email Monday. "The most likely explanation is that it crashed on its own."

(Link to article: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/cyber-experts-pentagon-skeptical-iran-brought-down-u-205358251.html;_ylt=AkExI0QkKcTCz_POW7RDd9_yWed_;_ylu=X3oDMTFkNWJ1MDBuBG1pdANCbG9nIEJvZHkEcG9zAzMEc2VjA01lZGlhQmxvZ0JvZHlBc3NlbWJseQ--;_ylg=X3oDMTNicWxwcnRmBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDYTAxYzU5YzAtMGQ2YS0zN2I0LTkxYjItOTc3OWFiOTdlYzQ3BHBzdGNhdANvcmlnaW5hbHN8dGhlZW52b3kEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdlBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3#more-5901)

As embarrassing as it has been for the Pentagon to lose such a valuable piece of technology, they were further humiliated when Iran's Press TV broadcasted a tour of a very intact US spy drone. Iran, which has been complaining for a while that such drones are invasive and violate its sovereignty, now seems to be getting some revenge.

Here's a yahoo news article that give a more detailed description.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/iran-releases-images-downed-u-spy-drone-171144210.html