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U.S. Forces Bring Robot to War
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| 04/09/2003
| Timothy L. Rider
Posted on 04/09/2003 5:16:18 PM PDT by Spruce
CAMP PENNSYLVANIA, Kuwait While airborne robots, otherwise known as unmanned aerial vehicles, first gained notoriety in Operation Desert Storm, a treads-on-the-ground cousin, the Packbot, has now debuted in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Technical; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: embeddedreport; iraqifreedom; packbot; robot; uav
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04/09/2003 5:16:19 PM PDT
by
Spruce
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posted on
04/09/2003 5:17:47 PM PDT
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To: Spruce
"U.S. Forces Bring Robot to War"
Al Gore is in theatre?
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posted on
04/09/2003 5:21:16 PM PDT
by
APBaer
To: Spruce
Very cool!
Packbot is used to remotely examine equipment left on an airfield in Iraq before engineers from the 101st Airborne Division clear the runway for humanitarian relief operation. U.S. Army photo by Timothy L. Rider
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posted on
04/09/2003 5:21:27 PM PDT
by
k2blader
("Mercy, detached from Justice, grows unmerciful." - C. S. Lewis)
To: Spruce
Ready for a little nagging?
1) Thats not a 'robot'; its a remote control device
2) I believe thats 'Sadams' Iraq flag, not the new 'old' flag
To: antaresequity
The title is not mine. Which flag is correct? With, or without the arabic script?
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posted on
04/09/2003 5:24:49 PM PDT
by
Spruce
To: Spruce
Without the script
The one with script was introduced after the first gulf war to celebrate the glorious victory of the Iraqis after having turned back the invasion of the Infadels
To: Spruce
To: Jhoffa_
MY GOD!!!!
IT'S THE SON OF BIG TRAK!!!!!!!!
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posted on
04/09/2003 5:29:33 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
( Arby's says no more Horsey Sauce for Scott Ritter !!!!)
To: antaresequity
err...the script was added pripr to the gulf war
The words Allahu Akbar (God is Great) were added by Saddam Hussein prior to the start of the Gulf War. The intent was to improve an Islamic image
The Iraqis today were seen flying the '63 version
To: antaresequity
Thanks friend. Fixed now. ;)
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posted on
04/09/2003 5:30:44 PM PDT
by
Spruce
To: Spruce
That's cool, the next step is to make a robotic/RC tank to go into enemy areas and kill the enemy.
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posted on
04/09/2003 5:33:47 PM PDT
by
Brett66
To: cmsgop
Ahhh! S#it. It is.. Thanks for the ping.
And from the looks of packbot's track configuration, I bet it can climb stairs and do all manner of tricks..
Pretty neat actually. Allot of the big oil companies and such are sending similar devices down to survey piping from the inside. "Sewer bots" are stringing fiber optic cables under major cities.
Lot of cool applications for small robots.
(Bet packbot can't sweep the floor though..! :)
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posted on
04/09/2003 6:41:14 PM PDT
by
Jhoffa_
(Sammy to Frodo: "Yes, kiss me you fool!")
To: Brett66
I built and installed a targetting system for an unmanned bradley for Dassault. Yeah, I know, I hate the French more than ever after going there 5 years back. Anyway, it's already been done.
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posted on
04/09/2003 6:43:22 PM PDT
by
SENTINEL
(USMC GWI)
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