CNN gets rare up-close look at Predator drones

RebelOne

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Fri Jun-09-06 11:17 AM
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CNN gets rare up-close look at Predator drones

This is of special interest to me because my cousin is the chief engineer for the Predator program.

In the sights of a joystick killing machine
CNN gets rare up-close look at Predator drones

By Brent Sadler
CNN
Friday, June 9, 2006; Posted: 9:14 a.m. EDT (13:14 GMT)

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CNN) -- -- As I stood talking into a camera on a remote airstrip in Kandahar, a Predator drone circled the sky, putting me into its sights with its high-precision cameras -- and just a trigger away from being turned into the charred remains of a Hellfire missile.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/09/sadler.predator.btsc/index.html

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MercutioATC

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Fri Jun-09-06 11:20 AM
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1. It IS one cool piece of technology.

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Benhurst

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Fri Jun-09-06 11:21 AM
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2. Yeah, Hitler would have loved it. NT

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MercutioATC

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Fri Jun-09-06 11:24 AM
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3. I'm talking about the technology, not the current application.

Oh, and since you were the first to mention Hitler, you lose.

:)

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Benhurst

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Fri Jun-09-06 11:27 AM
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4. Yeah, Bush really isn't like Hitler.

He's more Charles Manson to the 20,000 power.
;-)

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MercutioATC

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Fri Jun-09-06 11:29 AM
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5. Charles Manson comparisons are fair play.

...and I agree.

:hi:

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Clark2008

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Fri Jun-09-06 11:31 AM
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6. Except that Charlie Manson could speak without tripping over

his own tongue.

He is also more talented that Shrub.

But, then again, most of the human race are better orators and more talented than Shrub, so that's not saying much.

:evilgrin:

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rman

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Fri Jun-09-06 11:31 AM
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7. To bad the MSM thinks that rule does not apply to Rumsfeld

and others in the Bush administration.

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Poll_Blind

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Fri Jun-09-06 11:40 AM
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8. Well, Hitler would have loved computers and you're using one, aren't you?

Technology is not its applications. To imply that a certain technology would have been popular with one of the world's greatest villians is to associate the technology with such evil uses. But it is logically false, there is no actual relationship between the two.

PB

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lectrobyte

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Fri Jun-09-06 11:53 AM
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9. Would have loved? They did love them, I suspect. Those Dehomag's are

toys by our standards now, but they were used pretty effectively in their day. You can look it up on the web.

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Syncronaut Seven

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Fri Jun-09-06 12:24 PM
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10. Does no one find the image of a journalist being targeted a bit disturbing

Seeing the number of journalists killed in this illegal war to date?

Oh, but wait, Brent's not really a journalist is he?

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pimpbot

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Fri Jun-09-06 12:28 PM
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11. No, he pretty much blew his load all over the drone

Must be fun to play a video game that actually kills real people.

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MadHound

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Fri Jun-09-06 12:37 PM
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12. Civilian version coming now to a city near you

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5051142.stm>

LA is starting to employ drones, and before long, I imagine most major cities will also. Right now it would only be for surveillance, but I'm willing to bet that before too long they'll start building drones that can drop nets, gas, and other nasty shit.

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