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Old 12-22-2011, 03:23 AM
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Originally Posted by cheesehawk View Post
Your sources? My dad works for Lockheed, and while he won't say what happened, he does have the clearance for the raw data and the need to review it. It wasn't "hacked" as in high-jacked at all.
Actually, I think only the Iranians know what really happened.
If the CIA lost contact at some point, there cant be any data of that period to review - unless you get hold of the drone itself.


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Originally Posted by speculum jockey View Post
He laughed a hearty laugh when the Iranians claimed to have "hacked" the guidance.
Any news about that key-/inputlogging virus which was in the media a some time ago?
But it doesn't really matter whether you hack or jam it, the result is the loss of one of those things.



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It's not just about speed and turn rate anymore, we stopped worrying about that 20years ago
And 50years ago, they thought they dont need onboard cannons anymore....

This is an Aussie evaluation, although not an official one.
http://www.ausairpower.net/jsf.html

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