US officials haven’t “officially” confirmed the loss of their RQ-170 Sentinel drone over Iran, but it is a well-established fact. The question now isn’t if the drone is gone, but how much the loss of the drone will mean to America’s technological advantage in drone technology. Russia and China are already chomping at the bit to get a look, and experts say there is a considerable threat of reverse engineering, particularly since the footage suggests there wasn’t much damage. Still, exactly how much US technology went into the RQ-170 will likely remain a mystery, as US officials decline comment.
Click here to read more on the loss from the Air Force Times
Hopefully, Iran, China, and Russia will gleen all of the technology from this drone, and level the playing field.
Do not worry about this, the Israelis have already sold the information to China and Russia for some silver coins.
exactly
About thirty pieces.
For Israel security sake
years of research and mountain of money to be handed right to USA oppenent China Russia and Iran and perhaps more
the whole RQ-170 project is to be re-studied to envision what Russia/ China and Iran could be able to reverse in other words USA will have to remodel the RQ-170 as a defensive weapon just in case chana russia iran will make an exact copy or a reverse copy.
The real problem is that by taking the drone down, Iran demonstrated that the U.S. has no technology advantage. Think what that realization does to U.S. arms sales. Everybody is going for the Iranian technology now.
The facts of this incident are simply not known. The only viable explanation would be a Stuxnet-like infection. Technical skills are not unique to any group.
Well it won't do any damage to "America's technological advantage", since "America" is long dead and gone.
Hopefully it will damage the "technological advantage" of the monstrous Judeo-fascist dictatorship leading the world to WW3 however.