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2009-03-16 Iraq

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Posted by Frozen Al 2009-03-16 13:28|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 That's the same as an enemy aircraft, paint a half flag per shootdown (No pilot)

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2009-03-16 14:14|| 2009-03-16 14:14|| Front Page Top

#2 On second thought, have a distinctly different aircraft silhouette to stencil on the side.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2009-03-16 15:01|| 2009-03-16 15:01|| Front Page Top

#3 The Ship's "Sign Shop will fix one up quickly.

(All major ships have a sign shop, unless you went aboard you'd never realize just how many sign are on, in and around onboard ships)

If you ever get a chance to visit any Navy vessel count the signs, you'll stop quickly, they seem endless.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2009-03-16 15:08|| 2009-03-16 15:08|| Front Page Top

#4 The drone was tracked in Iraqi airspace for more than an hour before the decision was made,

There appears to be some C2 problems there.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-03-16 15:54|| 2009-03-16 15:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Iran shrugs. Surfs over to eBay to start shopping for a new air force.

Posted by Iblis 2009-03-16 15:58|| 2009-03-16 15:58|| Front Page Top

#6 There appears to be some C2 problems there

Not really, depends on where the drone was and what it was doing, hell they could have been tracking it while it was still INSIDE Iranian borders and just watching to see if it would crossover and if it came into contact with anything worth monitoring. Its kinda pointless to shootdown a drone that flies over desert (doesn't do any sigint/elint work) and then flies back over desert taking nothing but photos of.....sand... ;)

Posted by Valentine 2009-03-16 16:47|| 2009-03-16 16:47|| Front Page Top

#7 I agree with Valentine. A lot of times it just isn't worth the effort or cost to shoot one down as it flies over desert or non-US vital areas. Sounds like it got close to a US base and they took it out.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-03-16 21:13|| 2009-03-16 21:13|| Front Page Top

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