anyone ever wondered why they hid the bottom part of the plane?.. looks really suspecious how they staged the drone where we can only see the top... could this be a model prototype or something, or maybe the drone was badly damaged and they could only recover parts off it?
or is there any argument against that with the facts that we have right now.
Dear Natural,
No, it is not a mock-up and seems to be authentic RQ-170.
The tarp is covering the under belly damage which apparently happened when the craft crash landed "uncontrolled".
IRR claims they tapped into SATCOM link and took over the control of the craft, and landed it undamaged, numerous high resolution pix indicate other wise. If the craft was in line of sight and "closer than 20 km proximity" Iran could break the SATCOM link by emitting a heavy and momentary burst of radar beam and make the craft confused which ultimately use its pre-programmed software and land, or even circle in a holding pattern until the link is reestablished, or craft runs out of fuel and land with gears retracted, hence the the tarp covering under belly.
Iran is NOT capable of tapping into encrypted satellite communication signals in the orbit, neither does Russia or China. Other wise they could take over the world.