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2005-03-22 Home Front: Tech

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Posted by BigEd 2005-03-22 9:54:34 PM|| 2005-03-22 9:54:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I can just see Rumsfeld rubbing his hands together, "Fly, my pretties, fly!".

Posted by SteveS 2005-03-22 10:35:53 PM|| 2005-03-22 10:35:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 All they need to do is get the interface simplified and recruit a couple seasoned gamers to operate these things in round the clock teams over trouble spots. Give them $250 for every verified kill and the rest would take care of itself!

Posted by Peppah 2005-03-22 10:45:25 PM|| 2005-03-22 10:45:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 They really have to get away from thinking in terms of making expensive and hence valuable and therefore needing to make hard to kill UAVs, and think in terms of lots of cheap disposable UAVs.

Posted by phil_b 2005-03-22 11:13:37 PM|| 2005-03-22 11:13:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Hmmm... Just the ticket to take out mobile missile platforms.

Posted by mrp 2005-03-22 11:29:23 PM|| 2005-03-22 11:29:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Phil B - have you seen the ones about the size of a model airplane? It's hand-launched, so it certainly should be smaller and cheaper. Bad news - no Hellfire missles!

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