RQ-170 Sentinel
… designed to be virtually invisible to radar and carries advanced communications and surveillance gear
… flight controls, communications gear, video equipment and self- destruct, holding pattern, return-to-base mechanisms
… is part of a Secret Compartmented Intelligence (SCI) program, a classification higher than Top Secret …
…the remains of the RQ-170 could help the Russians, Chinese, Iranians or others develop Infrared Surveillance and Targeting (IRST) or Doppler radar technology that under some conditions are capable of detecting stealth aircraft such as drones and the new Lockheed Martin F-35s.
John Walcott
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