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Iran Hacks Into CENTCOM, Crashes MQ-9 Reaper Drone (video)
2019-02-24
[FARS via Zero] Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh revealed on Thursday that several American unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) flying above Syria and Iraq were remotely commandeered by the Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

"Seven to eight drones that had constant flights over Syria and Iraq were brought under our control and their intel was monitored by us and we could gain their first-hand intel," General Hajizadeh said in the Western Iranian city of Hamedan on Thursday.

Fars News Agency published a three-minute video taken on several different occasions by UAVs. Half of the content shows a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper hacked by IRGC electronic warfare forces, then flown into the ground. The last segment of the video shows an American air strike targeting the crashed UAV.

The footage below shows IRGC’s penetration into United States Central Command, could be seen as evidence that supports General Hajizadeh’s claims.
Single source, unvalidated reporting.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  I blew the story off immediately.
Posted by: newc   2019-02-24 22:09  

#9  What are they up to Sally? Well sir, the GPS batteries are holding at 90% and they appear to be pushing it out of the hanger to a vacant ramp position. Here comes another fella with a tool box.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-02-24 11:48  

#8   It's good Iran knows nothing of the US "suicide drone" program.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2019-02-24 11:40  

#7  Yes but remember Iran has one of our Stealth drones (which Bin Obama did nothing to recover or destroy).

WASHINGTON — The stealth C.I.A. drone that crashed deep inside Iranian territory last week was part of a stepped-up surveillance program that has frequently sent the United States’ most hard-to-detect drone into the country to map suspected nuclear sites, according to foreign officials and American experts who have been briefed on the effort.
Posted by: Woodrow   2019-02-24 11:32  

#6  I wouldn't put it past Iranians to make false claims about this sort of thing but I also believe it would be unwise to underestimate them. There are those among them who aspire to become world class hackers on the level of the Chinese and Russians and they are not Arabs.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-02-24 11:14  

#5  Amir has been playing Rainbow Six too long.
Posted by: Whavitle Omaling6026   2019-02-24 11:12  

#4  Isn't General Hajizadeh one of the Mossad sleepers?
Posted by: Matt   2019-02-24 11:07  

#3  this is based on IRAN IRGC info
it may well be fiction


Absolutely correct.

Posted by: Besoeker   2019-02-24 08:09  

#2  this is based on IRAN IRGC info

it may well be fiction
Posted by: lord garth   2019-02-24 08:07  

#1  A short but very violent conflict with these people is likely coming soon.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-02-24 07:08  

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