[Travis McGee]

Imagine how 100s of FLIR camera equipped drones (and thousands of distractive dummies) could have altered the outcome of the VN war.

No air crew POWs to capture and bait more airplanes and helos into rescue-ambush range, just Hellfire missiles coming at you!

NVA and VC river and trail traffic at night by more than small squads would have been almost impossible I think.

[Squantos]

I watched today the news brief regarding the artillery projo that was knocked from the sky by a laser down at White Sands Missle Range in NM.

This and the CIA getting it's teeth back with counter terrorist teams and armed UCAV's for Non-CONUS operations is a good thing IMO ! Now if we can close the borders and pull the flush handle to rid ourselves of illegals and those practicing open sedition against us here in country I'd be a happy man :o)

Until they get it fixed I'll just assume responsibility for my own families safety with what I have at hand ...........

Stay Safe !

[river rat]

You have to wonder, if the kids flying those remote control death birds - still feel their hearts pounding in their chest as they search for, encounter, follow then attack the enemy. Just think about how calm, patient, focused and detached they can be --- because they are perfectly safe, miles and miles away!

What a tool! Plus, the open terrain and absence of jungle canopy -- give these birds a Killer Hawk's view of the world. There must be SF on the ground --- casing the joint, and maybe even painting the target for the Hellfire missle.. Or - does the Hellfire need a painted target???

Do you reckon that maybe it also has IR or some other "warm body" sensing gear -- that can be picked up from under light cover?

I would truely hate to be a grunt in 2002 - facing today's technology.....

It's no longer man to man.....it's man victimized by science....

Semper Fi

[sneakypete]

Imagine how 100s of FLIR camera equipped drones (and thousands of distractive dummies) could have altered the outcome of the VN war.

There can't be any doubt they would have been a big help. Might even have put me out of a job,which really wouldn't have been a bad thing.