Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Iranian Super-Drone Power

Iran claims today to have sent an unmanned drone out over the Persian Gulf and managed to have it circle the USS Ronald Reagan for nearly half an hour. It's amazing how magically advanced and omnipotent Iranian technology seems to be. Not to be outdone by merely remaining undetected, the 'senior Iranian official' making this statement hinted that the drone was somehow able to mysteriously transform the Ronald Reagan from a Naval vessel to an asset of the U.S. Air Force.

"Our pilotless reconnaissance plane flew over the USS Ronald Reagan in the Persian Gulf unnoticed to the Americans for 25 minutes," the official said, according to Iran's Fars agency.

He did not say when the flight took place, but added that U.S. radars picked up the unmanned aerial vehicle after 25 minutes, and that four USAF fighters and two helicopters were scrambled to intercept it. However, the Iranian plane had already crossed the border back into Iran and landed at its base.
Apparently the U.S. Navy has begun to convert its carrier fleet into timeshares. Of course, the article ends with the ubiquitous statement that this event points out flaws in the U.S. military's capabilities. Another day, more meaningless Islamoganda.

(Source: RIA Novosti)