Iran 'shoots down Western spy drones' in Gulf

[Gerald]

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have shot down two "Western spy drones" in the Gulf, a senior Iranian commander has been quoted as saying."Many" other drones have been shot down over an unspecified period of time, the Fars news agency quoted him as saying.The head of the Revolutionary Guards' air force wing, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, produced no evidence to support the report.He said this was the first time news of the incidents had been reported.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12105225



Note: 2 January 2011 Last updated at 13:47 GMT

[Capt. Morgan]

They are fair-game in my opinion. The trouble with unmanned drones is that there are few diplomatic consequences to destroying them.

Over here in Canada, we're rumored to have them on our border looking for pot smugglers heading south.

I wouldn't mind us knocking a few down if they flew over the Medicine Line (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49th_parallel_north#History). We're supposed to have a strongly pro-free enterprise government - I'm surprised they tolerate this kind of nonsense.

[the_tyrant]

I'm wondering if this is real or did they "pull a Kim Jiong Il"

[TLAM Strike]

They are fair-game in my opinion. The trouble with unmanned drones is that there are few diplomatic consequences to destroying them.

Over here in Canada, we're rumored to have them on our border looking for pot smugglers heading south.

I wouldn't mind us knocking a few down if they flew over the Medicine Line (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49th_parallel_north#History). We're supposed to have a strongly pro-free enterprise government - I'm surprised they tolerate this kind of nonsense.

Bull.... US and Canada are both signatories of the Open Skies treaty meaning all members can overfly each others territories for the purposes of observation.

[XabbaRus]

Yes but there are limitations to that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Skies_Agreement#Military_regulation

[TLAM Strike]

Over here in Canada, we're rumored to have them on our border looking for pot smugglers heading south.

Then again the reports of this coming from Canada are not all together credible...
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8836/j83hxfdccopy.jpg

[Gerald]

Then again the reports of this coming from Canada are not all together credible...
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8836/j83hxfdccopy.jpg :haha:

[Capt. Morgan]

Then again the reports of this coming from Canada are not all together credible...
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8836/j83hxfdccopy.jpg
:rotfl2:
Yes, well it is pot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_%28cannabis_culture%29#Canadian_observance) that we are famous for.

[bookworm_020]

Are the Iranians sure they haven't shot down one of their own??? Maybe it could of been Chinese?

Or they could of been smoking too much Hashish!:|\\

[Oberon]

It was probably a seagull. :yep:

[STEED]

It was probably a seagull. :yep:

Hey they can shoot as many of them down around here as they like, bloody seagulls crapping every where.

[Gerald]

Hey they can shoot as many of them down around here as they like, bloody seagulls crapping every where. Especially in the summer when they make their needs on the windshield, :O: