Defense

Pentagon skeptical of Iranian drone

Iran has long bragged about capturing a downed U.S. drone, and this week it unveiled what it called a reverse-engineered copy.

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November 13, 2014 9:15 am

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Iran has long bragged about capturing a downed U.S. drone, and this week it unveiled what it called a reverse-engineered copy. The Pentagon says Iran’s alleged duplicate of the drone, which it captured in 2011, is inferior to the original and it’s downplaying claims that the replica has actually flown. Iran claims it’s going to produce more as a result of the capture.