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Iran Reverse Engineering Captured U.S. Submarine: RQ-170 Stealth Jet Precedent Raises Concerns

Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi has announced that the country’s defence sector will begin reverse engineering a U.S. unmanned submarine captured by the Corps in the Strait of Hormuz. This is expected to provide the defence sector with aaccess to a range of technologies associated with a new generation of American unmanned naval systems. The announcement recalls Iran’s earlier successful study of captured U.S. aircraft, most notably the RQ-170 Sentinel stealth reconnaissance drone which was brought down over the country using electronic warfare in 2011.