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Tuesday, August 15. 2006

Something that flew in over the transom today


"A pic of the Global Hawk UAV that returned from the war zone on Monday under its own power. (Iraq to Edwards AFB in CA) - Not transported via C5 or C17..... Notice the mission paintings on the fuselage. It's actually over 250 missions.... (and I would suppose 25 air medals). That's a long way for a remotely-piloted aircraft. Think of the technology (and the required quality of the data link to fly it remotely). Not only that but the pilot controlled it from a nice warm control panel at Edwards AFB. It has really long legs- can stay up for almost 2 days at altitudes above 60k.

They flew it via satellite control to Australia, and we flew missions during OT&E that went from Eddy to upper Alaska and back non-stop.

Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 14:42 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

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That's a device made by a society that says its member's lives are precious, including the lives of the military men who protect the rest.

It is being used to oppose a nemesis who say the lives of its constituents are suitable only for suicide and mass murder.

The most venal defense contractor has done more to protect me than the most highminded nanny-state politician.

Bravo DARPA
#1 roger de hauteville (Link) on 2006-08-15 15:19 (Reply)

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