JUST-IN: Pentagon Confirms Iranian Pilots Tried & Failed to Shoot Down US Drone Last Week in Intn'l Airspace over Persian Gulf

GEE WHILICKERS!!!!!

The crazy fascist nut-cases are desparate for any excuse to send children to attack somebody.

Not really, they intend to provoke aggression on Iran, and will not relent until they have...

Is Doorbert this new Snake, spreading CRAP everywhere?

We shouldn't have had a drone near there airspace to begin with. Thats our war mongering Democratic Party's work at hand.

Iran has not directly attacked us or harmed us in anyway so why do we have drones monitoring them. Why do we have severe sanctions against them. Why are we provoking them into war?

I support Israels right to exist peacefully and if an ally is attacked then we should immediately come to their assistance via Airplanes and bombs, but Iran has not attacked Israel, and Iran has not attacked anyone directly in the region.

Some would say that Iran has attacked Israel via Gaza and Hezbollah which has some truth, but again our democratic led government has failed to uphold our treaties with our ally because we did not immediately come to the aid of Israel when Rockets are fired from GAZA into Israel.

So theres two or three dings against our Democratic led government right away.

"Ooh scary airforce. Two jets can't shoot down an unarmed drome? lmao. They will blow themselves up with a nuclear bomb, if they get one."
and "operator malfunctionists"
Funny stuff.
I'm with cranberryapple on this, I think they chased it out of there territory.

why dont we send two f16 up with the drone next time, will see who comes down on fire.

^^^^ Agreed.

Yeah right,like they couldn't shoot it down,that's complete bullshit.

Drone specs...

•Wing Span: 55 ft (17m)
•Length: 27 ft (8m)
•Powerplant: Rotax 914 Turbo
•Max Gross Takeoff Weight: 2,300 lb (1043 kg)
•Fuel Capacity: 625 lb (284 kg)
•Payload Capacity: 450 lb int. (204 kg)
•300 lb ext. (136 kg)
•Max Altitude: 25,000 ft
•Max Endurance: 40 hr
•Max Air Speed: 120 KTAS <---------- NOTE THE AIRSPEED.
•Line-of-Sight: C-Band
•Over-the-Horizon: Ku-Band SATCOM

Notice the MAXIMUM Airspeed of 120 KTAS (although I have heard it is closer to 140 KTAS)...


SU-25 Specs...

VARIANT Su-25 Su-39
Length 47 ft, 6 in (14.6 m) 14.52 m
Span 50 ft, 10 in (15.6 m) 15.33 m
Engines 2x Tumanski R-195 @ 44,1 kN
Weight 17,600kg (loaded) 21500 kg
Maximum Speed .8 Mach 950 km/h <------ NOTE THE AIRSPEED
Maximum Ceiling 7000 meters 10000 meters
Service Ceiling 7000 meters
Maximum Range Unknown 2500 km
Cruise range 750nm 650 - 900 km
Combat Range 1,250 km (with drop tanks)
In-Flight Refueling No
Internal Fuel 3500 kg
Payload 4400 kg 6000 kg
Sensors RWR, laser designator, LRMTS
Drop Tanks 600 L drop tank 479kg for 51nm range
Armament Cannon: 1 GSh-6-N-30 30mm rotary



Yeah 120 KTAS to .8 Mach...maybe they couldn't fly slow enough to hit the so called "Predator"

Some folks just lack common sense I suppose.

Yeah I've been laughing my ass off at the posts in this thread.

'Routine maritime surveillance' ? Fuck off. It was spying in Iranian territory. I suppose it's payload was candy bars and lollipops?

Actually, shooting down a drone that's slow flying isn't as easy as you think

Any Jap would have just crashed his plane into it.

The quicker we get to kill more crazy Muslims the better.
Then we can round up all the crazy's here in North America throw them into the camps throw away the keys.
Then people in the middle east will calm the frickin down and we can all go back and maybe get Fucushima turned off so we can enjoy the last 5-6 years of our lives!

Missiles miss all the time. Best missile hit rates are only in the 90% range. But in this case, they were using 30mm cannons. Probably just taking pot shots at it for fun.

OMG OMG OMG IRAN will kill us,if you love your baby,attack Iran,only a communist would not destroy Iran. Iran will kill you before you wake up. Do you want to die in your sleep? Kill Iran or there will be no Christmas. If you don't attack Iran you will never have sex again! Destroy Iran so you can have the big O! KILL KILL KILL MONEY MONEY MONEY!

Concede a democratic nation to China?
Are you Canadian??? If so...
As a fellow Canadian currently traveling abroad, you embarrass me with your dirty pussy post.

they dont miss what?
their child or other family member they murdered?
or the people they saw off their heads;
or the ambassador and others barry helped them murder?
if you are talking about skill with anything but a bomb
(they arent all that great with them either) or a machetti then you are decieved or a muzbug

But let's hold this informatin until after the election.

Otherwise people might think Obama's Middle East policy sucks.

he works for the devil for sure

Aren't most missiles heat-seeking these days and so automatically don't miss?

they already strap bobmbs on their kids to kill innocents so What do you mean. they are too toopid to do much worse unless barry helps 'em some more which im sure he will but on their own- no way

Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi says the Iranian military has repelled an unidentified aircraft violating the country’s airspace, noting that Tehran is investigating the incident

PressTv report

Yepper that's pretty much the message on lame-stream media.

no can do- the devil is in charge now

Chill!
besides we alll know iran cant kill anything but family and innocents blown up by their family
otherwize the world knows muzbugs are impotent

This should be pinned because a much smaller IRANIAN drone was shot down by Israeli jet fighters just a few weeks ago over Israel !!

This speaks volumes in terms of what the Russians allowed the Iranians to have on their Sukhoy SU jetfighters as Aiming and tracking devices .
Don't forget the Sukhoy is the only jetfighter that allows for the Cobra manuver , bassically stoping the airplane in the air on a vertical with the nose pointing Back ! Hence the manuvrability of the SU is not an issue ...


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Two Iranian jets recently tried and failed to shoot down an unarmed MQ-1 Predator drone flying a surveillance mission over the Persian Gulf, the Pentagon disclosed Thursday. Despite the best efforts of Iranian pilots, the slow-flying robot returned to its Middle Eastern base unharmed.

The incident took place on Nov. 1 just before 5 a.m. Washington time, Pentagon chief spokesman George Little revealed on Thursday.

The Predator was conducting a “routine surveillance” mission 16 nautical miles off the coast of Iran when two Iranian Su-25 Frogfoot attack jets, which usually shoot at targets on the ground, “intercepted” the drone.

The Iranian pilots engaged in something of a 21st-century dogfight, turning their 30-mm guns on the Predator on at least two passes. " ...