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2010-10-01 Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred 2010-10-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#1 Could be they did shoot it down - the armed UAVs fly low and slow, for the most part, This seems awfully like the sort of empty swagger we're used to from them, tho.

Posted by lotp 2010-10-01 07:46|| 2010-10-01 07:46|| Front Page Top

#2 UAVs for the most part fly slow, but not low.

Posted by Blackbeard Anginter4099 2010-10-01 10:08|| 2010-10-01 10:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Depends on the model and the mission. If this was, say, one of the earlier Predators flying a NATO recon up close and personal rather than a Reaper hunter-killer on standoff recon, it might well have been flying much lower than 25,000 feet in the mountains around Khost.

Posted by lotp 2010-10-01 10:23|| 2010-10-01 10:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Ducks fly real slow and low, and they're still darned hard to shoot down!

Posted by Glenmore 2010-10-01 10:40|| 2010-10-01 10:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Plus then you've got to get all the little pellets out of the meat after you defeather it. Lots and lots of work ... but if you've got a good Goldie she'll retrieve them all day for you. ;-)

Posted by lotp 2010-10-01 10:44|| 2010-10-01 10:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Lots and lots of work ... but if you've got a good Goldie she'll retrieve them all day for you. ;-) Posted by: lotp

LOL! I can just see some duck-hunter's face as his golden retriever brings him one of the Army's small Regimental-level UAVs...

I've never been much of a duck-hunter, but I do know you have to lead your target. A 10-gauge goose-gun with #6 shot reduces the need a bit, but it still works better to lead. You also want to let the birds get far enough away they don't hit the water as mush.

Posted by Old Patriot 2010-10-01 14:15|| 2010-10-01 14:15|| Front Page Top

#7 No! Just No!
Maybe if it's warm enough, but we're Unionized. So no,to the duck thing.

Got your quail covered, got your pheasants, got your happy face, got your kids protected, but no to cold, open water. Try a Lab, there's purdy dum and like a cheep thrill.

Posted by Goldies Every Damn Where 2010-10-01 20:10|| 2010-10-01 20:10|| Front Page Top

#8 Ya got a point ther Goldie. Melvin is a Lab and will break thru ice to go swimmin.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2010-10-01 21:02|| 2010-10-01 21:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Maybe if it's warm enough, but we're Unionized. So no,to the duck thing.

Unionized golden retrievers? That does explain a great deal. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2010-10-01 21:55|| 2010-10-01 21:55|| Front Page Top

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