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U.S. Air Force set to deploy upgraded Predator
Sauk Valley Newspapers ^
| August 28, 2007
| GANNETT NEWS SERVICE
Posted on 08/28/2007 4:05:25 PM PDT by mdittmar
Edited on 08/28/2007 4:15:38 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: miltech; mq9; thereaper; uav; usaf; wot
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Well,that puts a new wheel on the wagon don't it.
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posted on
08/28/2007 4:05:27 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
Wow - that's a serious upgrade - three times faster and eight times as much weapons payload.
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posted on
08/28/2007 4:10:27 PM PDT
by
ThePythonicCow
(The Greens steal in fear of pollution, The Reds in fear of greed; Fear arising from a lack of Faith.)
To: mdittmar
Reaper MQ-9:
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posted on
08/28/2007 4:10:55 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(FDT/2008 -- talk about it >> irc://irc.freenode.net/fredthompson)
To: Admin Moderator
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posted on
08/28/2007 4:15:32 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
To: xcamel
Now that’s what I call a can of the old whoop-ass.
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posted on
08/28/2007 4:17:35 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: JRios1968
It’s loaded like an A-10 Warthog.
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posted on
08/28/2007 4:18:24 PM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(The Democrats don't like Hispanics firing white people...Gonzales had to go!)
To: Loud Mime
And probably flies faster
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posted on
08/28/2007 4:19:09 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: mdittmar
Lends new meaning to “reach out and touch someone” 3X as fast.
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posted on
08/28/2007 4:19:51 PM PDT
by
caisson71
To: mdittmar
Talk about death from above, that thing packs some serious fire power I would not want to be on the receiving end of. Be nice to send a flight of those over Tehran to eliminate some of their leadership. A guy can dream.
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posted on
08/28/2007 4:22:33 PM PDT
by
KC-10A BOOMER
(Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue!)
To: mdittmar
This era of UAV military aviation reminds me of the era of going from bi-planes to monoplanes, then to jets.
It's rapidly changing.
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posted on
08/28/2007 4:23:24 PM PDT
by
Rb ver. 2.0
(Reunite Gondwanaland!)
To: mdittmar
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posted on
08/28/2007 4:24:42 PM PDT
by
Kevmo
(We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
To: Kevmo
There will be several more.
The folks on FR nowadays don't search and they're not on line here all day to watch threads like you, and I.
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posted on
08/28/2007 4:42:02 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
To: ASA Vet; Kevmo
Did a search,we’re all here for the same reason
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posted on
08/28/2007 4:48:48 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
To: ASA Vet; xcamel
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posted on
08/28/2007 4:49:32 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Today there are 10,000 more illegal aliens in yer country than there were yesterday. 10,000! THINK!)
To: mdittmar
You just gotta love technology.
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posted on
08/28/2007 4:51:10 PM PDT
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: xcamel
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posted on
08/28/2007 4:55:04 PM PDT
by
daku
("My dream continues with ferocity, thank you.")
To: mdittmar
It’s radar cross section has to have been badly degraded though!
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posted on
08/28/2007 5:03:51 PM PDT
by
gbs
To: xcamel
To give some scale
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posted on
08/28/2007 5:10:25 PM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(Open Season rocks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymLJz3N8ayI)
To: SauronOfMordor
I think there are 3 or 4 sub versions...
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posted on
08/28/2007 5:15:50 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(FDT/2008 -- talk about it >> irc://irc.freenode.net/fredthompson)
To: mdittmar
I have a serious problem with unmanned vehicles being used as weapons. If a cuase is worth fighting for it is worth bleeding and dieing for. Weapons platforms such as these make it too easy for politicans to get us into armed conflicts. Which then become very costly to get out of.
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posted on
08/28/2007 5:20:57 PM PDT
by
Aruchu
(There is no I in team, but there is a M and an E.)
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