Mr. Ash,
I was not an explanation. Just an opinion about how the events could have been transpired.
This brief discussion between us just went from an apparent intelligent exchange of ideas to a childish BS conversation.
So your comments have not been an explanation but rather "just an opinion about how the events could have been transpired"? Hmm, isn't your opinion about how things may have transpired really your way of trying to explain how things may have transpired?!
You remind me of the George Carlin's bit about how some people are so full of shit:
"Then...then there are some people, their not stupid...their full of shit. Huh?
That doesn't take very long to spot either, does it? Take you about the same amount of time.
You'll be listening to some guy..and saying, "well, he's fairly intelligent......ahht, he's full of shit!"
LOL
It does not have to exactly. Within radios of 30 km will suffice for a heavy burst of X-band radar to break up the SAT link.
aziz, read my other post. In order to use a heavy burt electromagnetic storm to disrupt electrical equipment you need to deploy it at a specific time, and place when and where the drone is in the affected radius otherwise you're just waisting high energy and shooting it in the thin air. As you say yourself it's a BURST not a continuous radiation. Like I said before, if Iran knew when and where the drone would be in it's reach then one has to assume that they have spies within US military and CIA that would have given them that info and in that case why not assume the same person would give them the keys to the drone itself as well. Once the drone takes off from Kandahar air base the would be observer/IRI-agent on the ground would not know where that drone is headed. And within a few minutes after being airborne it would be out of sight and thus not traceable by your assumed would be observers on the ground.
It had to be taken off from some where, Kadahar is not too far away for RQ-170's mission radios.
Again, I didn't say Kandahar is too far for RQ-170's mission but it's too far for any IRI-intel on the ground to be following it to relay to Iran when and where the drone would be entering Iran's airspace.
True, but you are allocating too much of credit to Sentinel's low radar observability, although there are multiple LO characteristics built into the airframe but it is meant or built to be as stealth as F-117 or B-2, it is a tactical reconnaissance bird, not strategic. Just look at the leading edge of wings close to the wing roots, it resembles the 747's wing configuration than razor sharp leading of F-117 or B-2
Now you're making assumptions that go against all accepted presumptions by experts. The accepted presumption is that these birds are completely stealth (at least to the radars available to third world countries like Iran). If you're saying that is a false assumption then shooting down any of these drones is not a big deal to begin with because any half-ass militia and army in the world cant detect these in the air and then shoot them with a shoulder rocket launcher.
Also why can't you hear it? According to the literature available in the net, it has identical jet engine as the engines installed on CRJ-200.
1st, it's engine is still classified and your literature in the net is nothing but speculation. 2nd, if the drone is and has successfully been used for reconnaissance mission it is more reasonable to assume that it dose so silently (or extremely quietly) than with a lot of jet engine noise. 3rd, the entire purpose of the drones are to minimize the use of fuel and engine use and instead rely on the drone to glide the majority of the distance in the air hence the silent part.
Jury is still out on contingency system. You know how congress make funds available for these toys, the lesser the expense the easier to pass.
Also we don't know if the wings did not break off. Check the pic. below and notice the tape over where the wing roots meet the fuselage.
Looking at all the pix broadcast by irib and other IRR mouthpiece I have no doubt in my mind that the craft has belly landed with no landing gears being extended.
I have no doubt that the drone belly landed either. The wings may have broken off in the process as well which is not unexpected with such a wide wing span. But no one can argue that the drone landed as straight as possible on its belly given almost no damage to its tip or the central fuselage. As I said before, for a 3 ton machine to land so smoothly on its belly without landing gear it would have had to happen with both its main electronic and aviation gear near intact (to at least do so automatically if not remotely). If so, why would it not deploy contingency plan to self destruct? I have an easier time believing that some computer geek in Iran hacked into the drones computer base and took over its flight than to believe that US military or CIA would not have thought of a contingency plan for the drone to self destruct in case of loss of control from the base (especially when it is still in the enemy's territory).