An MQ-9 Reaper sits on a ramp in Afghanistan Oct. 1. The Reaper is launched, recovered and maintained at deployed locations, while being remotely operated by pilots and sensor operators at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. (Courtesy photo)
Posted on 10/11/2007 5:52:23 PM PDT by SandRat
FR WAR NEWS! “Don’t fear the Reaper,” unless you are one of the bad guys.
This thread needs more cowbell.
Looks pretty grim to me...
These unmanned vehicles are doing some great work over there.
It’s amazing. I have seen the videos. Our guys just watch, and then they hit.
Of course we have guys who trod through the sand and the dirt. What they do is even more amazing.
Our entire military just leaves me in awe.
Re “Don’t fear the Reaper”.
I think this is a cousin of mine.
Madmax, the Grinning Reaper
Will one day, these UAL’s be able to fly higher than manned fighter jets, and be able to take out enemies fighters without the need to dogfight ? or high enough that the enemy can’t take it out. ?
I meant,, UAVs
Who knows,... think Jules Verne, science fiction to science fact.
I watched a TV show once about non lethal riot control and they eventually decided that the more non lethal methods they had, the more inclined they were to use it and the less inclined the masses were to protest. So "free speech" was almost non existent after they were able to "zap" the protesters.
In the same vein, we may strike foreign targets that are just for economic or other purposes other than self defense. Kinda like Clinton striking aspirin factories to change the subject on the front page.
>it is designed to attack time-sensitive targets with persistence and precision, and destroy or disable those targets.
But will we be allowed to use it without waiting for a cloud of lawyers to rubber stamp approval?
These kind of vehicles certainly take the fight to an enemy that moves fast, in rugged terrain. Hardly fun duty I’d imagine running up one hill, then another, to find folks. Just to be shot at in ambush. These things probably have infrared, and take the fun out of the booby trap.
What?...if we had to use these against enemy combatants, do you think we’re gonna worry about their ‘free speech’... Free speech applies to our Constitution, where does it say we have to protect our enemy’s free speech?..
As for use against economic targets ?...darn right..remember Ploesti in WW II—knocked out Germany’s oil supply; ditto their ball bearing factories..’Course to a RAT like Clinton, knocking out an aspirin factory would make sense because the enemy would be deprived of a cheap headache remedy... but they would still have their free speech.
Just for the sake of discourse...you asked,you got a reply...cheers
These killer sheep are planned to be parachuted into remote Islamic redoubts. The idea is that the robot sheep will present themselves in an attractive and suggestive way to the Islamist. When the Islamist attempt to ‘capture’ the little vixens, they blow up, thereby killing the terrorists.
The Killer Robot Sheep have long loiter times, are cheap and deadly.
The development program was tested on Marines whom found the little ruminates, “Sexy, yet non threatening”.
Further Robot Sheep are being designed for terrorists capture, or ‘snatch’ operations.
ping
Shoulda called it Azrael...
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