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Air Force Looks To A New Drone To Keep Peace In Iraq |
2008-08-03 |
![]() "Today we are in an environment where we may not need the large number or persistence of manned aircraft," he said in an interview by telephone Friday with AFP from a base in the region. "We can put unmanned aircraft -- Predator, Reaper, and other assets -- overhead for long endurance periods. We call that persistent stare. "And with the Reaper, armed with Hellfire and 500-pound precision weapons, we'll be able to have a deadly stare if needed," he said. |
Posted by:Sherry |
#3 Still going to need QRF for quite a while. And that means mobile infantry. AF should realize there's yet to be a way to take and hold ground without the PBI. And its the individual grunt that has one this by being out there amongst the sheep, killing wolves, showing the way things are and being a living example of a liberator (not a conqueror). |
Posted by: OldSpook 2008-08-03 16:41 |
#2 MQ-9 Reaper flys overhead for long endurance periods. We call that persistent stare. Mahmood, "Do you feel that Haji?" Haji, "Feel what?" Mahmood, "who's watching us?" Haji, "Huh?" Mahmood, "I wonder if it's Allah?" Haji, "I stinks your imaginating tings Mahmoo....BOOOM! /thanks Sherry ~:) |
Posted by: Red Dawg 2008-08-03 15:34 |
#1 The Reaper was deployed in Iraq for the first time July 17 from Balad Air Base, and has been flying in heh....do you hear something? |
Posted by: Frank G 2008-08-03 15:15 |