Trump Says U.S. Ship Shot Down Iranian Drone in Strait of Hormuz

Re:Trump Says U.S. Ship Shot Down Iranian Drone in Strait of... by devoply on Thursday July 18, 2019 @04:45PM (#20473759)

Let's just agree that anyone's drones are completely fair game for anyone else with the means to destroy them. Their destruction is not justification for anything other than a claim for damages in court.

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Re:Trump Says U.S. Ship Shot Down Iranian Drone in Strait of... by ilikehurdles on Thursday July 18, 2019 @04:50PM (#20473807)

I agree. Spies, when detected, are often killed by the country they are operating in. Why should the machinery of a drone have a higher value on it than human life?

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Re:Trump Says U.S. Ship Shot Down Iranian Drone in Strait of... by lonelappde on Thursday July 18, 2019 @08:58PM (#20475403)

Military drones cost $4M to $140M. That's well in the range of what govts and private entities risk human life over, whether you like it or not.

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Re:Trump Says U.S. Ship Shot Down Iranian Drone in Strait of... by devoply on Thursday July 18, 2019 @10:42PM (#20475788)

Missiles are similarly expensive.

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Re:Trump Says U.S. Ship Shot Down Iranian Drone in Strait of... by azernik on Thursday July 18, 2019 @04:50PM (#20473803)

Seems to be the stance both sides here are taking - a big factor in the US not responding to the shootdown a few weeks back is that it was just a drone.

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Re:Trump Says U.S. Ship Shot Down Iranian Drone in Strait of... by EpicEng on Thursday July 18, 2019 @04:53PM (#20473824)

>Their destruction is not justification for anything other than a claim for damages in court.

No one is going ballistic over downed drones (not yet at least), but only damages? C'mon, be serious. These things are often classified tech in their own right and may contain classified information. Back and forth like this between sovereign countries is not really a matter for a civil court.

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Re:Trump Says U.S. Ship Shot Down Iranian Drone in Strait of... by eloff on Thursday July 18, 2019 @04:56PM (#20473850)

Not true. Trump nearly retaliated over a downed drone with an attack estimated to cost Iranians 100 lives. He called it off at the last minute when confronted with the potential death toll.

I like to think that was all theatre for the benefit of Iran, but you never can tell with trump between crazy on purpose and well just crazy.

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Re:Trump Says U.S. Ship Shot Down Iranian Drone in Strait of... by EpicEng on Thursday July 18, 2019 @05:27PM (#20474076)

>Not true. Trump nearly retaliated over a downed drone with an attack estimated to cost Iranians 100 lives. He called it off at the last minute when confronted with the potential death toll.

Sure, and how many appalling things does Trump "nearly" do each week? The guy's mouth leaks like a sieve and I don't imagine you really believe he received a casualty estimate mere minutes before giving the go ahead. That is not at all how these things work. His story made no sense at all... unless he was lying to both frighten Iran and appear empathetic at home. Your second sentence is far more likely than your first.

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Re:Trump Says U.S. Ship Shot Down Iranian Drone in Strait of... by eloff on Thursday July 18, 2019 @07:10PM (#20474868)

Likely, but we don't know. So you can't just brush it off and say nobody is overreacting to downed drones, clearly one very important party is.

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Re:Trump Says U.S. Ship Shot Down Iranian Drone in Strait of... by EpicEng on Thursday July 18, 2019 @07:24PM (#20474959)

>So you can't just brush it off and say nobody is overreacting

"Acting" is a fairly important part of the word "overreacting". There were no actions, so there was no overreaction. You know Trump better than this by now.

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