Iran shoots down U.S. spy drone. by oldenglanddry

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Iran shoots down U.S. spy drone.

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Sunday, December 4, 2011 8:35 AM

OLDENGLANDDRY

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/iran-military-shoots-down-u-drone-state-tv-14
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Sunday, December 4, 2011 9:23 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Drone ?

What drone ?

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

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Sunday, December 4, 2011 9:34 AM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

Hello,

I would prefer to admit that the drone had been shot down, rather than to posit incompetence in manufacture or operation.

--Anthony

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"In every war, the state enacts a tax of freedom upon the citizenry. The unspoken promise is that the tax shall be revoked at war's end. Endless war holds no such promise. Hence, Eternal War is Eternal Slavery." --Admiral Robert J. Henner

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Sunday, December 4, 2011 9:40 AM

DREAMTROVE

Last time they said this it turned out to be a us made drone that we had sold to israel.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Sunday, December 4, 2011 11:33 AM

FREMDFIRMA

How interesting - the parity of ideas sometimes, it's one of the things that makes me suspect a potential collective consciousness, that oftentimes several people come up with the same notion at the same time on all but opposite sides of the planet across massive cultural, social, and linquistic divides, mainly cause it seems to be a simultaneous happening.

Lemme put that in context so it makes sense, right ?

Geekfarms been workin on a drone-killer weapon, which if the kinks can be worked out would be VERY cheap and substantially effective, you see...
And so far from the evidence available, it looks a hell of a lot like almost the EXACT SAME SYSTEM was used to blow this one out of the sky, particularly *because* it was recovered nearly intact, which is kind of a telling sign.

Which means someone over there had to have come up with and deployed the same concept, only they prolly had better resources and funding and thus got it into action faster.

As for the politics of the thing, hey - stick your nose where it don't belong, don't come whining when someone sticks a pin in it.

-Frem

I do not serve the Blind God.

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Sunday, December 4, 2011 11:38 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Thought we had satellites for that stuff.

Huh.

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

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Sunday, December 4, 2011 12:28 PM

DREAMTROVE

Frem,

My understanding is the Iranians bought their drone killers from Russia. Iran is pretty with it on military technology, but they're still basically behind us. I think our military lugheads (no offense rap) think they're further behind us then they actually are.

Still, it illustrates a problem in the way TPTB think about it: I mean, Iran doesn't *need* to build its own bomb, it probably already bought up the black market bombs from central asia.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Sunday, December 4, 2011 12:49 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

military lugheads? Why would that offend me ? lol

But as for the bombs,... there's making/ getting them, and then there's getting a capable delivery system.

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

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Sunday, December 4, 2011 1:11 PM

DREAMTROVE

The delivery is old technology though. Iran isn't Iraq, they can hit targets they want in Israel. I think part of the reason Iran has been cozy with Venezuela is to have the ability to hit the US.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Monday, December 5, 2011 2:51 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht

I guess we're just going to have to get sneakier.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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