You have a point here. However, keep in mind that evey revelation that Iranian military officials are making is helping the enemies. Iranians surely do not know how to keep sensitive matters secret.
Also, not all missiles can be fooled. This is why ABM systems come in to the picture. Do the math.
Iran is disclosing and hyping some technologies as a
deterrence, so enemies would think twice before attacking. That said, Iran isnt disclosing
all its capabilities, quite some tech. remains secret. There were many interviews with Iran's generals claiming they have plenty of secret tech "in the sleeves".
The only missiles which cant be fooled are "dumb" bombs, as there is nothing to fool in them
Whether advanced US missiles
can or
cannot be tricked, by Iran or somebody else, is anyone's guess. What history teaches us, for any weapon tech. countermeasures appears. Sometimes it takes many years, sometimes only few countries can do that, etc. thats different topic. Fact remains - scientific and military industry never stops working, and Iran is catching up with impressive tempo.
Difference between both cases is that the virus which infected US drone control system was not of sabotaging nature and did not compromised the system. Proof is that US continued to operate its drone fleet during the infection and after the infection without grouding it. It was a normal virus infection.
In contrast, Stuxnet is a different story. It was designed by Western experts to sabotage the designated target.
You take US excuse at a face value. US drones werent affected by some random internet virus, its was unique and
specific spyware, which US experts had a very hard time cleaning up. Whats more -
US didnt had any clue what that spyware was doing. Spoofing data? Sitting Trojan horse? They dont know. Therefore to accept their later "no big deal" explanation is hardly the best idea, considering US doesnt know
who did it and
why.
Yes. However, US have history of backing its claims with substance and not just hype. In case of Iran, we mostly get speculations.
I can show you
thousands of US claims which were either lies, or unfounded hype. All countries do it, including superpower as US. They have more muscle to back it up, but that doesnt make them immune from lies/hype, especially when it serves their goals. Unlike US, Iran doesnt go to war every other year, so their exact capabilities remains unknown.
This is not the first time with US. Insiders say that RQ-170 is not a cutting-edge weapon by Western standards. People are impressed by its looks. Every time an event like this occurs, US comes out with a newer and better alternative or replacement. The game continues.
Thats another US
face-saving talks I dont buy.
RQ-170 is the most advanced drone US has. It was such a secret, not only its specific capabilities were hidden, but not even official photos were released. Its sensors are extremely sensitive and advanced, probably equipped with AESA radar too.
So how again its "not a cutting-edge weapon by Western standards", if US doesnt even have better ones? And regardless if US releases something better today - RQ-170 is
decades ahead of Iranian own drones program. So despite how much US downplays RQ-170 capture in damage control talks, fact remains it will allow Iran to reduce tech. gap faster.
