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General Atomics Gets Approval to Sell Predators to Pakistan, Egypt
2010-07-22
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., the privately held maker of Predator drones, said it has won U.S. approval for an export version of the unmanned plane that Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are interested in buying.
"Mahmoud, these new drones are great!"
"Um, yeah, sure, Achmed, but why is that one flying directly towards us?"
"There's interest from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates," Frank Pace, president of the Poway, California-based company, said in an interview at the Farnborough Air Show near London today.

The U.S. recently approved the company's request for an unarmed version of the Predator drone for export to countries beyond the NATO block, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, Pace said.
I like the idea of the Paks having Predators, so long as the secret software allows us to take control any time we want.
Posted by:3dc

#6  Unless there have been drastic changes since GA applied for a DSP5, the Predator XP has been modified to be in the Missile Technology Control Regime Cat 2. Basically, that means there are range and payload limitations that keep this from being as big a deal as it seems.
Posted by: rwv   2010-07-22 18:57  

#5  What could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: DMFD   2010-07-22 18:50  

#4  What 3dc said....reminds me of the old Outer Limits intro:

"we control the vertical, we control the horizontal"

As long as the cameras send back intel and we control the flight path and the auto destruct...I'm good with it...
Posted by: Warthog   2010-07-22 16:07  

#3  Guess this is what that latest AID package was for a couple days ago. I wish India would just go ahead and wipe this shithole off the face of the earth.
Posted by: chris   2010-07-22 10:09  

#2  See also WAFF > [Egypt] OIL, WATER, + TERRORISM DON'T MIX, espec per effects on international tourism.

* ION WAFF > [Torpedo + BM-capable]IRANIAN SUBMARINES TO BE UNVEILED IN AUGUST: MINISTER SAYS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-07-22 00:16  

#1  Huh. How else to keep India/Pakistan agitated.
Posted by: Skidmark   2010-07-22 00:05  

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