Obama is really blowing it with this lost drone issue.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Would we give another nation's spy drone back if it were doing missions over our country? Hell no, so not sure why he's even asking for it back.

Agreed - basically. If it was a nation we wished to remain on good terms with, we would likely return it (say Mexico or Canada) after making a big stink and thoroughly examining it. China, probably not, but maybe depending on the circumstances.

Even if credible evidence existed that it was truly an accidental incursion, the US would strip down and delay return of the property.

I am just surprised there is no "Auto-destruct" or "auto disable" (don't want it accidentally exploding near civilians) which would, essentially, fry the internal workings.