U.S. spy plane Easily Hijacked?

TEHRAN - The fall of spy planes the United States (U.S.) into the hands of Iran was invited many questions. The Iranian technicians believe that the navigation system Global Positioning System (GPS) is easily hijacked planes.

Spy plane sophisticated unmanned known this, of course, very surprising if the plane could be hijacked. But the Iranian side to admit when reconnaissance aircraft had been infiltrated by hackers.

"GPS Navigation of the spy plane had been re-calculated by the hackers. This caused the aircraft can land anywhere we want without having to change the radio control signal and communication systems," said Iranian technicians who examined the plane was quoted as saying News.Cnet , Friday (12/16/2011).

"Navigating the plane into the plane's weak points. By laying interference with their communications system, the control plane can be converted into an automatic," he said.

In addition, according to Iranian aircraft technicians can also be disabled with a technique to fool the GPS. This method can be done quietly and is considered more elegant.

The U.S. side alone assess reconnaissance plane was shot down but not because of the damage. Iranian scientists were examining the plane immediately after showing the fragility of the plane.

Iran has previously demonstrated a direct plane that crashed it into the public through Iranian television station. But the Pentagon insisted the plane had crashed because of technical error and not because of Iran's shots.

A former Pentagon officials also immediately wondered, why the Iranian plane was landing wheel cover with a paper in the video that says, "We are trampling America" and "America can not do anything."

U.S. President Barack Obama has called on Iran to return the spy plane was to Uncle Sam. But Iran refused to return the aircraft that they have caught on 4 December.

Iranian Defense Minister General Ahmad Vahidi even say, this plane is no longer belong to the United States. The plane was already an asset to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The plane type sentinal RQ-170 and made by Lockheed Martin. Spy planes are used to monitor home of Osama bin Laden hiding in Pakistan.

Spy plane is also equipped with the B-2 Stealth technology, but the U.S. side does not expose to the public on the plane.