European Sources: CIA Spy Satellite Blinded by Iran

European intelligence sources disclosed that Iran has succeeded in blinding a CIA spy satellite through an indigenous laser technology. According to a European intelligence source, Iran shocked Western intelligence agencies in an unreported incident that took place sometime in the past two years, when it managed to "blind a CIA spy satellite by aiming a laser burst quite accurately". The report surfaced in the Christian Science Monitor after Iran hacked the control system of the United States' most advanced drone RQ-170 Sentinel earlier this month. Iran first announced on December 4 that its defense forces had downed the aircraft through a sophisticated cyber attack. The drone is the first such loss by the US. US officials have described the loss of the aircraft in Iran as a setback and a fatal blow to the stealth drone program. The RQ-170 has special coatings and a batwing shape designed to help it penetrate other nations' air defenses undetected. The unmanned surveillance plane was a stealth aircraft being used for secret missions by the CIA, US officials admitted last week. The aircraft is among the highly sensitive surveillance platform in the CIA's fleet that was shaped and designed to evade enemy defenses. Iran's cyber attack eventually forced the US to replace its fleet of drones in the region. The US Air Force is sending a single copy of a brand-new stealth drone to Afghanistan after its more - or better to say most - advanced stealth aircraft, RQ-170, was downed by an Iranian cyber attack earlier this month to see if Tehran can down this drone as well. A former senior Iranian official who asked not to be named said, "There are a lot of human resources in Iran.... Iran is not like Pakistan." Also, Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps General Hossein Salami said this week, "Technologically, our distance from the Americans, the Zionists, and other advanced countries is not so far to make the downing of this plane seem like a dream for us … but it could be amazing for others."