(BLOG) Iran: Who's Afraid Of Ahmadinejad's New Drone?

"Iran isn't concerned about reality, just making the right impression, especially among its home audience. 'Iran has no defense against an Israeli or U.S. first strike,' John McCreary, a veteran U.S. intelligence analyst, said in his NightWatch blog Tuesday. 'The leaders want to camouflage that fact by showing off weapons, without admitting that they have little value in protecting Iranians.'

Tehran also knows that the idea of an unmanned aircraft packs an insidious kind of punch. With no pilot at risk, the visceral reaction is that they can go anywhere to spy or destroy. But that's due to the success the Pentagon has had in recent years with those Predators and Reapers over Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. That success is not guaranteed simply because a country possesses drones."