Former Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Electronic Warfare Division Ali Asqar Zare’i stressed Iran’s giant advancement in electronics, and said the country can and will make drones much better and more advanced than the US RQ-170 Sentinel that it downed on December 4.
Zare’i who is now a member of the Iranian parliament pointed to the hues and cries made by the US after Iran brought down the US stealth drone, and said, “Americans want to wage a propaganda campaign to make the world believe that if Iran gains any progress in this field (drone technology) it has been learnt from the (downed) drone.”
“That is not true. In fact our drone industries is right now not much behind this plane technically,” Zareii noted.
“Today the stealth technology has been indigenized in the Islamic Republic of Iran. We have a radar-evading plane which enjoys a home grown and fully stealth technology and has been tested by the most precise systems and can continue flying for tens of hours,” the commander said, adding that the US officials should wait and see how Iranian experts make a drone much more advanced than the American RQ-170 Sentinel.
“In response to Mr. Obama’s demand for the return of this plane, I recommend the Americans to be patient a bit since God willing our friends will manufacture a drone more advanced than the US RQ-170 Sentinel soon and then they can come and buy it to regain their morale and stop their (present) feeling that they are loosing everything,” the former IRGC Electronic Warfare commander said.
Since Iran captured the US drone through a cyber attack on December 4, the US has been pretending that their Sentinel technology is way beyond Iran’s knowledge and technology and Tehran cannot extract its information or reproduce it.
The American media also tried hard to make the world believe that if Iran makes any progress in decoding the intelligence systems of the drone it has been due to the Chinese or Russians’ help.
But eventually the Chief of Staff of the US Air Force General Norton A. Schwartz acknowledged that Iran is able to extract the intelligence and information of the United States’ hi-tech stealth drone and reproduce a similar aircraft through reverse engineering.
“There is the potential for reverse engineering, clearly,” Norton Schwartz said on December 8 during a taping of “This Week in Defense News.”
Earlier this month, a senior parliamentarian in Tehran underlined Iran’s advanced technological capabilities and possibilities, and said the Iranian Armed Forces intend to simulate the design and reproduce the US RQ-170 Sentinel drone.
“Relying on their scientific capabilities, the Armed Forces will be able to simulate the RQ-170 aircraft soon,” Vice-Chairman of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Ebrahimi told FNA days after Iran displayed the hunted drone on TV.
“Iran enjoys different possibilities and precious technologies that the enemies are not aware of,” he added.
The drone is the first such loss by the US. US officials have described the loss of the aircraft in Iran as a setback and a fatal blow to the stealth drone program.
The RQ-170 has special coatings and a batwing shape designed to help it penetrate other nations’ air defenses undetected. The existence of the aircraft, which is made by Lockheed Martin, has been known since 2009, when a model was photographed at the main US airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
US officials admitted earlier this month that the drone is used for secret missions by the CIA. The aircraft is among the highly sensitive surveillance platform in the CIA’s fleet that was shaped and designed to evade enemy defenses.
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Zare’i who is now a member of the Iranian parliament pointed to the hues and cries made by the US after Iran brought down the US stealth drone, and said, “Americans want to wage a propaganda campaign to make the world believe that if Iran gains any progress in this field (drone technology) it has been learnt from the (downed) drone.” “That is not true. In fact our drone industries is right now not much behind this plane technically,” Zareii noted. “Today the stealth technology has been indigenized in the Islamic Republic of Iran. We have a radar-evading plane which enjoys a home grown and fully stealth technology and has been tested by the most precise systems and can continue flying for tens of hours,” the commander said, adding that the US officials should wait and see how Iranian experts make a drone much more advanced than the American RQ-170 Sentinel. “In response to Mr. Obama’s demand for the return of this plane, I recommend the Americans to be patient a bit since God willing our friends will manufacture a drone more advanced than the US RQ-170 Sentinel soon and then they can come and buy it to regain their morale and stop their (present) feeling that they are loosing everything,” the former IRGC Electronic Warfare commander said. Since Iran captured the US drone through a cyber attack on December 4, the US has been pretending that their Sentinel technology is way beyond Iran’s knowledge and technology and Tehran cannot extract its information or reproduce it. The American media also tried hard to make the world believe that if Iran makes any progress in decoding the intelligence systems of the drone it has been due to the Chinese or Russians’ help. But eventually the Chief of Staff of the US Air Force General Norton A. Schwartz acknowledged that Iran is able to extract the intelligence and information of the United States’ hi-tech stealth drone and reproduce a similar aircraft through reverse engineering. “There is the potential for reverse engineering, clearly,” Norton Schwartz said on December 8 during a taping of “This Week in Defense News.” Earlier this month, a senior parliamentarian in Tehran underlined Iran’s advanced technological capabilities and possibilities, and said the Iranian Armed Forces intend to simulate the design and reproduce the US RQ-170 Sentinel drone. “Relying on their scientific capabilities, the Armed Forces will be able to simulate the RQ-170 aircraft soon,” Vice-Chairman of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Ebrahimi told FNA days after Iran displayed the hunted drone on TV. “Iran enjoys different possibilities and precious technologies that the enemies are not aware of,” he added. The drone is the first such loss by the US. US officials have described the loss of the aircraft in Iran as a setback and a fatal blow to the stealth drone program. The RQ-170 has special coatings and a batwing shape designed to help it penetrate other nations’ air defenses undetected. The existence of the aircraft, which is made by Lockheed Martin, has been known since 2009, when a model was photographed at the main US airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan. US officials admitted earlier this month that the drone is used for secret missions by the CIA. The aircraft is among the highly sensitive surveillance platform in the CIA’s fleet that was shaped and designed to evade enemy defenses. |
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They must do that……….after-all its now “Open-source” they should definitely play their part, for their own defense……