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2004-10-07 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-10-07 12:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The boys should be proud of themselves. They shot down a model airplane.

Raven (UAV) The Raven is a small, back-packable UAV that performs reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition missions for battalion and below units. The air vehicle is hand-launched, weighs less than 5 lbs, has a range of 10-15 km, and an endurance of up to 80 minutes. A Raven system contains three air vehicles, one ground control station (17 lbs), as well as spare and repair parts.

picture here http://www.militarynewcomers.com/REDSTONE02/REDSTONE/Currentaviation.html

Posted by RWV 2004-10-07 12:19:39 AM|| 2004-10-07 12:19:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The Islamic serial killer Zarqawi, otherwise known as the Jordanian born, Iraqi based, Iranian assisted version of the Boston Strangler.

Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-10-07 1:08:05 AM|| 2004-10-07 1:08:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 It wasn't a Raven, it was a Revell. This one to be specific...

Death from the Sky Airplane

Posted by RMcLeod 2004-10-07 4:48:03 AM|| 2004-10-07 4:48:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 UAVs are cheap, especially the one Marines operate. Nice of them to open fire and give away their position. Light them up.

Posted by Matt Helm 2004-10-07 4:59:42 AM|| 2004-10-07 4:59:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Big deal,that's why they use UAV's.

Posted by Raptor 2004-10-07 8:17:24 AM|| 2004-10-07 8:17:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 The Raven actually looks like one of those balsa wood kits for kids.

I know I destroyed probably a dozen myself over the course of my childhood.

Cheez, Zaraqawi's Hard Boyz must be proud....

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2004-10-07 8:17:49 AM|| 2004-10-07 8:17:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Understand Zaraqawi's boyz used a PVC-TATO to shoot is down.

http://webpages.charter.net/potatoguns/RandD.htm

Check it out.

Posted by RN 2004-10-07 8:43:05 AM|| 2004-10-07 8:43:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 i wonder how many civilians they killed by the 50,000 rounds they prob used came down?

Posted by smokeysinse 2004-10-07 8:44:51 AM|| 2004-10-07 8:44:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 i wonder how many civilians they killed by the 50,000 rounds they prob used came down?

Posted by smokeysinse 2004-10-07 8:45:40 AM|| 2004-10-07 8:45:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Might've flown over a wedding, maybe?

Posted by tu3031 2004-10-07 11:01:59 AM|| 2004-10-07 11:01:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Is this the "Ultimate Jihad" we were told is coming?

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2004-10-07 11:21:09 AM|| 2004-10-07 11:21:09 AM|| Front Page Top

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