BREAKING NEWS

US says 'technical' problems, not Iranian fire downed drone

By JPOST.COM STAFF

DECEMBER 14, 2011 03:42

The US on Tuesday said that the American unmanned spy plane which fell into Iranian hands earlier this month went down because of "technical" problems, and was not brought down by the Iranians, as Tehran has claimed.

Iran announced on Dec. 4 it had downed the drone in the eastern part of the country, near Afghanistan. It has since shown the plane on television and said it is close to cracking its technological secrets.

"I will say without hesitation that this is not something that anyone had anything to do with coming down with, other than a technical problem," US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers was quoted as saying by AFP.

Rogers stated that, while "it's not a good day for the United States" when a hostile nation obtains US technology, the threat of Iran "reverse-engineering" the technology and mass producing the drone, as it has promised, does not pose that great a threat to the US.

Former hostages demand answers from Gantz, Eisenkot on hostage deal

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

05/06/2024 06:15 PM

Holocaust Remembrance Day siren sounds in Gaza Strip - report

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

05/06/2024 06:13 PM

Turkey strikes northern Iraq from air, says it kills PKK members

By REUTERS

05/06/2024 05:36 PM

Biden, Netanyahu talk after start of Rafah evacuation

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

05/06/2024 05:16 PM