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| NATO drone 'shot down' in Afghanistan |
| 2010-10-01 |
| [Iran Press TV] Taliban Islamic fascisti say they have shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operated by NATO in the eastern Afghan province of Khost, ...which coincidentally borders North Wazoo and Kurram Agency... near the border with Pakistain. A recovery force was immediately sent to retrieve the UAV. The Taliban claimed they targeted the remotely piloted aircraft in the mountainous areas of Khost on Thursday, Afghan Islamic Press reported. However, The infamous However... the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said the drone crashed due to a technical glitch. Taliban Islamic fascisti claim to have shot down several NATO helicopters and drone aircrafts in different parts of Afghanistan over the past months. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Maybe if it's warm enough, but we're Unionized. So no,to the duck thing. Unionized golden retrievers? That does explain a great deal. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-01 21:55 |
| #8 Ya got a point ther Goldie. Melvin is a Lab and will break thru ice to go swimmin. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2010-10-01 21:02 |
| #7 No! Just No! Maybe if it's warm enough, but we're Unionized. So no,to the duck thing. Got your quail covered, got your pheasants, got your happy face, got your kids protected, but no to cold, open water. Try a Lab, there's purdy dum and like a cheep thrill. |
| Posted by: Goldies Every Damn Where 2010-10-01 20:10 |
| #6 Lots and lots of work ... but if you've got a good Goldie she'll retrieve them all day for you. ;-) Posted by: lotp LOL! I can just see some duck-hunter's face as his golden retriever brings him one of the Army's small Regimental-level UAVs... I've never been much of a duck-hunter, but I do know you have to lead your target. A 10-gauge goose-gun with #6 shot reduces the need a bit, but it still works better to lead. You also want to let the birds get far enough away they don't hit the water as mush. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-10-01 14:15 |
| #5 Plus then you've got to get all the little pellets out of the meat after you defeather it. Lots and lots of work ... but if you've got a good Goldie she'll retrieve them all day for you. ;-) |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-10-01 10:44 |
| #4 Ducks fly real slow and low, and they're still darned hard to shoot down! |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-10-01 10:40 |
| #3 Depends on the model and the mission. If this was, say, one of the earlier Predators flying a NATO recon up close and personal rather than a Reaper hunter-killer on standoff recon, it might well have been flying much lower than 25,000 feet in the mountains around Khost. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-10-01 10:23 |
| #2 UAVs for the most part fly slow, but not low. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Anginter4099 2010-10-01 10:08 |
| #1 Could be they did shoot it down - the armed UAVs fly low and slow, for the most part, This seems awfully like the sort of empty swagger we're used to from them, tho. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-10-01 07:46 |