How Barack Obama supplied Russia the drones it's using on Ukraine – Flopping Aces

Barack Obama is a key player in the war in Ukraine. He handed over an advanced stealth drone for Iran to copy.

In 2011 Iran somehow came into possession of an advanced RQ 170 US drone aircraft. At first Obama denied it.

The White House has rejected a claim by Iran that it has captured an unmanned aircraft belonging to the United States.

Iranian state media reported the drone was caught by the country’s military forces after it violated its airspace.

A spokesman for President Barack Obama said there was “no evidence” the claim was true.

Not long after, though, Obama was begging Iran to return the drone.

President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States has asked Iran to return a U.S. drone aircraft that Iran claims it recently brought down in Iranian territory.

“We’ve asked for it back. We’ll see how the Iranians respond,” Obama said in a news conference, alongside Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Iran told Obama to stick it.

Iran made good use of the drone. By 2014 it had reverse engineered the drone and flew their own copy.

You might notice that I said Obama had allowed to come into possession of the drone. In my opinion it was a technology transfer. Obama refused to destroy the drone once it had come to Earth. It landed wholly intact. The drone was not shot down. All the gift lacked was a bow neatly attached. Perhaps it was part of a deal to get Iran to sign onto the JCPOA (which Iran violated from day one).

With this technology gift, Iran happily went on to become a global producer of drones.