[CarrotAndStick]

I saw this just now...I need other Freepers to confirm this. The picture looks authentic though.

Relax, its only a drone, I wonder if such drones could be packed with explosives to remotely trigger them, when confronted by a crowd of 'slammies. It would then create a 'slammie soup the sane world can revel, and also give clues on terrorist-concentrated areas.

[ken5050]

Revell model kit...

[dandelion]

My thoughts exactly. That downed spy plane would probably double as a trojan horse...

[ken5050]

Actually, they don't know that we smear them with bacon grease before launching..it keeps the sand from gumming up the insides..

[longtermmemmory]

UAV from Stargate SG-1

SciFi channel just aired that episode last week.

[Tom Bombadil]

I know why they are so anxious to nail one of these suckers....It has been hard to find a safe place to sleep in Fallujah....They have been terrorized!

Even if this is true it won't do much for their safety.

Watch for a suppression of the press around Fallujah (maybe after the election) and these jokers will have more to worry about than a model airplane.

[Tom Bombadil]

Looking at the picture again, it appears to be a small U.S. Marine drone used in tactical operations, Not U.S. Army as titled.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

The AP is dummer than Sh!+. It says plain as day on the John F'n wing Marines. Yet they say it's an Army spy plane. It's a dang spotter drone.

[OXENinFLA]

Don't those things have GPS in them????</p>

[Cvengr]

They took the bait!

Initiate arming sequence....

[airborne]

I hope it has a tracking device. For a cruise missle!

[parthian shot]

That's it...just move in a little closer for the picture boys.....BLAM!!!!!

[mylife]

Thats Ok Mulla Madman, The drone has aready sent your location back to the marines. Bye Bye

[PJ-Comix]

I wonder if the Army will come up with exploding mini-cars ala Dead Pool. Remember that flick? Dirty Harry and his partner were pursued by a deadly remote control toy car that was packed with explosive.

[piasa]

It's in remarkably good condition for being "shot down."

[Casloy]

I wonder if they know how stupid they look, gathered around what is essentially scrap. They may as well be gathered around the tire of a humvee? Military equipment is expendable, and once it crashes, burns, or is otherwise of no use, it has no meaning at all.

[Khurkris]

Yes it is a UAV. Yes, various models of UAV's can deliver ordinance onto a specific target. Yes, they can track the target, provide real-time video of the target and be manuevered onto the target. A carload of Al Quieda's were taken out last year as they attempted to make the border fleeing out of Iraq....BOOM!

[FesterUSMC]

not certain but looks small to me.... i know the predator is kind of large... you can look the specs up online.. i.e wingspan..

[InvisibleChurch]

delta house: fat, drunk and fanatical is no way to go through life

[An.American.Expatriate]

Leave it to the AP to blow this fully out of proportion!!

It's a DRONE! BIG DEAL!!!

But of cours the headline

"Al-Qaeda group [claims it] downs US remotely controlled drone "

probably isn't shocking enough for the AP

[Conspiracy Guy]

I hope the tiny pilot got away.