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F-22 and F-15E mishaps: two accidents, one cause. And not even drones are pilot's error-free

The U.S. Air Force has recently made available two Accident Investigation Board (AIB) reports about mishaps that have become somehow famous in the last year or so. Until the U.S.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 21, 2011
Captured Stealth Drone

Captured U.S. stealthy drone in Iran: the simplest solution solves the mystery

The solution to the mystery of the capture of the U.S. (once) most secret drone could be much simpler than everyone has speculated so far. Today's post on the topic…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 19, 2011
Captured Stealth Drone

Unknown hatch on captured U.S. stealth drone raises questions

The amout of contribution I receive each time I publish a blog post on the stealth drone now part of Iran's asset is amazing. For instance, yesterday, few minutes after…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 19, 2011
Captured Stealth Drone

Infographic: how the U.S. top secret stealth drone was captured by Iran

Even if the story that the U.S. stealthy RQ-170 Sentinel drone captured by Iran was hijacked using a GPS spoofing attack is based on known facts and vulnerabilities highlighted in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 17, 2011

Captured U.S. stealthy drone was hijacked exploiting GPS vulnerability. But hack description does not solve the mystery

Eventually there is an explanation for the mysterious capture of the U.S. stealth drone by Iran. In an exclusive interview to the Christian Science Monitor, an  Iranian engineer (on condition…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 15, 2011

"Three U.S. and four Israeli drones captured in Iran to be put on display soon": Tehran Times says. "Downed" RQ-170 saga continues

Tehran Times reported that Iran is about to put on display "foreign spy drones in Iran's possession" within an exhibition that will also showcase the "latest domestically manufacture electronic warfare…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 15, 2011
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