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2011-12-09 Science & Technology

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Posted by tipper 2011-12-09 11:01|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Uuhh, "unmanned drones" is a tad redundant redundant, doncha think?

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2011-12-09 11:31|| 2011-12-09 11:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Gotta differentiate from all those manned drones, eh?

Posted by mojo 2011-12-09 11:43|| 2011-12-09 11:43|| Front Page Top

#3 The Iranian drones have little djinns inside flying them.

Posted by Steve White 2011-12-09 12:22|| 2011-12-09 12:22|| Front Page Top

#4 SW -

hehehehehe

Posted by Durnham Freebody 2011-12-09 16:22|| 2011-12-09 16:22|| Front Page Top

#5 It was "shot down" but with a "minimum of damage".

Probably one clean shot to the gas tank, draining all the fuel. Very efficient!

Posted by Bobby 2011-12-09 18:03|| 2011-12-09 18:03|| Front Page Top

#6 It was "shot down" but with a "minimum of damage".

Drone ran out of fuel. Failsafe mode kept it flying level until it ran out of altitude and belly landed. Since it went down last week, it was some time before a farmer stumbled onto it. It seems the Americans are too scared of the Iranians to go in airstrike the drone.

Posted by Slatle Bumble5851 2011-12-09 21:05|| 2011-12-09 21:05|| Front Page Top

#7 GUAMPDN FORUMS > [Atlas Shrugged] OBAMA REJECTED NUMEROUS PROPOSALS TO RETRIEVE [or destroy] LOST US DRONE, OFFICIALS CONFIRM AUTHENCITY OF IRANIAN TV IMAGES SHOWING DRONE.

Lest any action by the US be construed by Iran as an "act of war".

F-117 under POTUS Billary, USN anti-Sub air under Dubya, now an RQ-170 under the Bammer.

FYI IRAN CLAIMS THE RQ-170 WAS FLYING DEEP INSIDE ITS SOVEREIGN TERRITORY WIDOUT PERMISSION.

versus

* WORLD NEWS > WEST UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT ISRAEL IN IRAN WAR, espec iff Israel chooses to strike first.

* TOPIX > NEXT MONTH WE KNOW HOW SERIOUS OBAMA IS ABOUT IRAN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-12-09 23:43|| 2011-12-09 23:43|| Front Page Top

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