Sources familiar with the RQ - 170 's design say that the Iranian RQ - 170 is merely a static mock - up rather than a flyable aircraft .
On May 2014 , Iranian state TV displayed what was claimed to be a reverse engineered RQ - 170 .
Sources familiar with the RQ - 170 's design say that the Iranian RQ - 170 is merely a static RQ - 170     rather than a flyable aircraft .
On May 2014 , Iranian state TV displayed what was claimed to be a reverse engineered RQ - 170 .