US officials have acknowledged that the military lost control of one of its stealth drones while it was flying a mission over western Afghanistan.<br /><br />Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday that Iran's armed forces had shot down the RQ-170, known as the Sentinel, and are now in possession of it.<br /><br />US officials rejected that claim, saying there were no indications the plane was shot down. In either case, officials said this would be the first Sentinel lost by the US.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan looks at the potential implications of losing the high-tech drone.
