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2010-01-27 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Fred 2010-01-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
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#1 aa gun unit needs taking out.

Posted by 3dc 2010-01-27 00:04|| 2010-01-27 00:04|| Front Page Top

#2 This doesn't seem so complicated. Software on the crippled UAV should dump all munitions at the calculated source of any ground fire that hits the UAV. Mini HARMS...

Posted by M. Murcek 2010-01-27 01:07|| 2010-01-27 01:07|| Front Page Top

#3 MQ-1 or MQ-9 ?

Nah I suspect something smaller like RQ-11

Posted by Oscar 2010-01-27 04:01|| 2010-01-27 04:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Just to add ...

Area this happened in was near the town of Miranshah, which is Haqqani area . Several strikes already happened there in the last 2 years , you would suspect that the players on the ground would adapt after the first strike on that madrassa (Daande Darpkhel)back in 2008 .. Whudda thought about AA flak guns *facepalm*

Posted by Oscar 2010-01-27 04:09|| 2010-01-27 04:09|| Front Page Top

#5 I've some experience on AA guns---hiting a drone without radar guidance shouldn't be all that easy. If this is true (remember who we're dealing with) I suspect some operator is up for a bit of a hard time.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-01-27 04:33|| 2010-01-27 04:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Which is one reason why I think a smaller UAV with lower ceiling height and lower speed g(r)omgoru

Posted by Oscar 2010-01-27 04:40|| 2010-01-27 04:40|| Front Page Top

#7 A Pakistani Army gun crew in mufti?

Posted by john frum 2010-01-27 05:29|| 2010-01-27 05:29|| Front Page Top

#8 That was my first guess.

Posted by Fred 2010-01-27 07:59|| 2010-01-27 07:59|| Front Page Top

#9 But wait! That would imply the Pakistanis are actively working for The Other Side. Oh noes!

Posted by SteveS 2010-01-27 08:43|| 2010-01-27 08:43|| Front Page Top

#10 So if we take it out and it is a Pakistani one.... they get to either squirm while complaining or shutup and take it.

Posted by 3dc 2010-01-27 09:09|| 2010-01-27 09:09|| Front Page Top

#11 Software on the crippled UAV should dump all munitions at the calculated source of any ground fire that hits the UAV.

Not all UAVs are armed. Of all the UAVs in our inventory most are ISR assets although we're certainly using the armed ones heavily of late.

Posted by lotp 2010-01-27 10:03|| 2010-01-27 10:03|| Front Page Top

#12 Sounds like an opportunity to start flying paired high-low UAVs, the low 'un a low-value "staked goat" to get the AA batteries to open up & reveal themselves, the high member of the pair to spot the offenders & paste them good and proper.

May require more than one UAV on the high side, depending on the technical limitations.

Posted by Mitch H. 2010-01-27 10:41|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2010-01-27 10:41|| Front Page Top

#13 Give 'em an arclight and see how effective they are shooting at that.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-01-27 12:06|| 2010-01-27 12:06|| Front Page Top

#14 Thanks, Ebbang. Don't mind if I do. Cheers!

Posted by Grunter 2010-01-27 12:21|| 2010-01-27 12:21|| Front Page Top

#15 Is it possible that the UAV could tell if it was being tracked by radar, and that this could be reported to its operators?

Posted by gorb 2010-01-27 12:34|| 2010-01-27 12:34|| Front Page Top

#16 MQ-1 ceiling is low enough that they are vulnerable to AAA, especially in mountainous areas. Flying at 20K" in 10K" mountains will leave it vulnerable. No radar needed as it would be a red strobe light implicating the Paki gov.

My guess it is the Paks way of extracting jizya for their own Predator fleet. A few 12.7 or 14.5s and ammo is cheap. Better to ramp up MQ-9 Reaper activity in the "good taliban" areas where if the Pakis want to shoot them down they will have to use fighter aircraft.

Posted by ed 2010-01-27 16:27|| 2010-01-27 16:27|| Front Page Top

#17 My intelligence sources say that This Aircraft was the one downed by the Taliban.

Damned shame............

Posted by Alaska Paul 2010-01-27 22:30|| 2010-01-27 22:30|| Front Page Top

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