I assure you this bomb is not for our enemies. Goodbye America. Nice Knowing ya.
Finnaly! A guy with a brain. Hard to find that anymore in America
Our government openly admits to killing a 16 year old American Citizen via drone strike. Not a peep about it from congress or the media.... the precedent has been set. Sad times we live in.
It was goodbye America when #hit for brains from Texas signed in the "Presidents Surveillance Program" and #hit for brains from Chicago has continued to twist it just like a despot that he thinks he is.
Welcome to the Terminator era...
My thought exactly. When does SkyNet go live?
Wadda ya mean "GO"? Everything the military has is controlled by satellites I'd be willing to bet there is more in space than we could ever imagine.
Ya...no shit. This is not going to work out well. Everyone in this country is afraid of guns. The Theme of the day is: Role over me , I am unarmed.
How long will it be before so-called domestic law enforcement starts using these?
Well, if the TSA is any example of what our Govt is doing..........................It might take some time. The people they hire are still trying to learn how to tie there boots.
What do you wan to bet somebody is working on a little EMT device that will cause these things to fall like a bunch of moths in DDT.
Well, let's see...smaller missiles also means you can carry more of them with existing and presumably future platforms...so that means more targeted kills. Also, the intended targets are usually pretty soft so no need for AP features on these little babies. Hmmm...buy stock in Raytheon. :)
YOUR STOCK WON'T BE WORTH SHIT WHE THEY VAPORISE YOU. WHAT A BONEHEAD!
I'll bet sombody will shoot it down. Some patriot will do his, or her job. Oh shit! I just made another list. Well, now that I am on that list...maybe I should shoot it down.
wasn't there a Star Wars movie about this already? oh wait .. that was Clone Wars ... please proceed ...
Could some other well-funded, war-mongering country or group please hurry up and make some drones...screw killing people with these things, I want to see some crazy drone v drone action ASAP!
Let the robot wars begin.
MISSALS TO BE USED AGAINST AMERICAN PEOPLE BY OBAMA
The TEA and Christians opposed to big government and attacks on religion will be blasted to atoms by these drone gun ship missals. Communism is a millimeters away form the total take over of America without firing a shot and does not intend taking any chances to pass up the chance. For all practical purposes the US Congress no longer exists anymore.
If someone says you are crazy, they are not paying close enough attention to what is unfolding.
You just need to surrender to the local mental center right now.
Oh, the government is going to fire Catholic prayer books (aka "missals) against US citizens. (Illegals excluded, I surmise?). Wow, I feel better. At least they will use the "missiles" against our enemies. Whew!
Now that's funny stuff :)
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No huge surprise here. The experiment proving a DRONE could be president ended successfully this year.
This is repulsive and on the same level as Monsanto's poisoning of the planet going unchecked by our civil "servants."
Who the hell authorized building all of these bases in the US? I think at this point we need a very specific list so that we can become more intelligent voters.
"Preds" - the normalization of the Predator drone... Fuck.
A 13.5 lb. missile with a 7 lb. warhead...made by the Norwegian government.
Jeg synes det fortjener en liten skål!
Du mener, "en våt fugl IKKE fly om natten?"
Skål, lillebror!
The STM is not a missile. It's a guided bomb. Once dropped, there's no propulsion; just gravity.
Foot soliders and AFVs are obsolete for any country that has drones. Hundreds of them in the air that can be controlled 24/7 with all the latest optics. Who would be dumb enough to put armor on the field of battle faced against a nation that has this option available to them? No one. They are even testing drone carriers that launch drones. Totally unmanned Navy.
That is not to say we won't have feet on the ground, we will, mostly technicians, and people who need to offer assistance after the carnage.
We've just begun the next evolution of warfare.
You can't hold ground with airpower. Boots on the ground will ALWAYS be required, because at it's heart, war is about people.
You can disconnect a drone from the operator quite easily, it's a much tougher endeavor to separate a Marine from his rifle.
Marine NCO, USAF officer vet here.
Depends on the opposition as far as AFVs and infantry goes. Large amounts of money are being funneled into automated small anti-aircraft weapon development, things like 1kilowatt fiber lasers can be deadly to a slow and predictably moving drone. Active point defense against ATGMs is starting to become fielded as well.
Imagine in a near future, a small western nation armor column doing peace keeping patrolling in a middle eastern country is 'ambushed' by insurgents using drone arms supplied by another more well funded country. As soon as the small two meter wingspan drones come over the horizon, they are detected by MMW or automated FLIR. Failing to respond to IFF they are immediately hit with turreted 1kw lasers mounted on three of the convoy IFVs. The drones's CCD based cameras are permanently blinded, and they cannot acquire or lase targets for their small ATGMs, additionally their composite leading edges start to char and debond. This would lead to a structural failure in another thirty seconds, but well before that, each are hit by small fly-out point defense missiles from the same IFVs. Engagement time is 11 seconds.
In reality this is just a typical evolution of cat vs mouse. The
only thing that will be really relevant is how much money is being
thrown around defense vs. offense. Nothing will be specifically
obsolete or contary-wise over effective, if the $$$$ is wielded. There
will be sharp contrasts in generational effectiveness of course.
Same as it ever was.
Not really effective against the workhorse drones that are so high with such good optics that not much can reach them. Essentially that can do what warplanes of yesterday can do, without someone sitting in the seat. Possibly more because you can have as many people as you want interacting with the weapon systems instead of one or two people that do it today. Rotating on shifts for months on end.
EMP...what next evolution in warfare? Sticks and stones?
I agree with you. So what is the next option?
You
know what it is. Nukes...and any person with a brain knows that is
going to happen. God knew it, and he said he would come back just before
that happened. You may not believe this, but you will if you jive long
enough to see it. Who created the heavens and the Earth? I know who
did. His name was JESUS. Remember that name. You will be standing in
front of him shortly. I am not here to convict you. I'm here to tell you
the truth. You do with it what you will. Frankly, I would get on my
knees and ask for forgivnes for beeing such an asshole.
The US would be dumb enough. That's why it's still pumping billions into new armor projects and will keep doing so for decades. Somebody has to keep defense contractors happy. Those houses in Aspen and trophy wives don't pay for themselves you know.
It's also pumping plenty into anti-drone defense systems to protect that armor. How about you think beyond your OWS thought sheet?
The problem is that without more taxes, we have to print it before we can pump it. You may not like OWS but they're not without a point.
2 Feet?! great now it can be transported in an NBA players shoes!
Dove Season will now be known as the practice season before drone season. No limit either....
That music was just horrific. If that's part of the future...we're in trouble!
While we are busy pointlessly arguing about Romney vs. Obama, this is what the real government is up to. Not only the military, but TSA, ATF, FBI, CIA, smaller local police forces and corporate security agents will have these and will use them against we the people.
And the next phase will be the anti-drone weapons that all countries will want to have and the international banking cartel will be more than happy to finance. The war bull shit (military-industrial complex) just never stops and the innocent pay for it all with their lives... but bankers and Raytheon will reap record profits for sure. Oh yeah, don't forget the ethics drone developers wrote up a few weeks ago.
No doubt you would have said the same thing to Mr Maxim about his invention of the machine gun. Maybe if we just stood by with rocks to throw at Muslim terrorists we'd be just fine, right? We should stop all military R&D and use that money for the "SNAP" program. Ya, that's the thing to do.
I would rather we both fight with stones, than both fighting with machine guns.
Good. Now convince everyone else. In the meanwhile, let's think of better ways to insure our safety and the safety of those that wear the uniform of our armed services. I think it is a better bet in light of history.
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