How Could Iran Use U.S. Drone Technology?

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-- -- in the map behind -- the area that we're talking about here's Afghanistan to the rights and Iran to left they show a they share rather -- common border.

We were told -- drone went down yesterday morning.

Somewhere in eastern Afghanistan that was the initial report now.

It would have been here just east of the -- and border since that time the story has changed however.

And now we know the CIA was operating this thrown under military control.

Which is not uncommon in this part of the world especially think about the Osama bin Laden raid but now we're told the -- went down somewhere.

In Iran likely eastern Iran -- further to the west in the central -- that country why is this such a big deal.

It's a big deal because this is our most sophisticated -- we have.

It's the RQ 170.

It flies and it conceals itself in ways that no other aircraft in the world can.

KT McFarland is our national security analyst with me now here Katie this morning good morning how big of the deal is this -- the Iranians have.

Two reasons it's a big deal one -- -- our -- in preparation for potential military action.

And to.

They've got the technology that nobody else has now we have the cutting edge technology of drums and they now have what will they deal with it -- -- they share what we don't know so if it was under CIA control.

What were we using this to spy on their nuclear program that -- yeah.

I my hunch is that we're taught we've always known bill that the event ultimately it would come down between insurers -- bombing Iran or letting Iran get the bomb.

-- if we are now preparing.

To have a war with Iran -- swing voters are seeing the early stages of this on both sides Iranians have tried to assassinate.

Diplomats in Washington DC -- nuclear program is on super drive they're intimidating their allies.

And adversaries in the region of the Middle East what are we doing we're trying to spy on camera trying to gather intelligence.

Where were both ramping up the crisis and their leading.

So you're arguing that the war the runs -- to begun the stages you know before any Iraq I war with anybody to a couple of things in advance to gather intelligence used sabotage.

Assassinations we've already seen assassinations.

In Iran -- his Iranian nuclear scientists and missile experts we've -- sabotage.

Of the Iranian nuclear enrichment program so a lot of these steps -- birdies started.

Him and there are those -- argue that the stealth technology that Iran now has could be sold to the Russians the Chinese and where will it end up at it's a great question how does it argued that technologies already out there if you're in that field that line of work perhaps you've already got your hands on it but.

We shall see -- he's -- a sophisticated.

Piece of the US military arsenal yes KT McFarland great to see you think things.

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