Air Force's hunter-killer UAV now flying in Afghanistan

[fromxtor]

http://www.air-attack.com/MIL/predator/mq9afghan_6_20071012.jpg
A maintenance Airman inspects an MQ-9 Reaper in Afghanistan Oct. 1. Capable of striking enemy targets with on-board weapons, the Reaper has conducted close air support and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
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An MQ-9 Reaper takes off on a mission in Afghanistan Oct. 1. The MQ-9 has nearly nine times the range, can fly twice as high and carries more munitions than the MQ-1 Predator.
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Aircrews perform a preflight check on an MQ-9 Reaper before it takes off on a mission in Afghanistan Oct. 1. The Reaper is larger and more heavily-armed than the MQ-1 Predator and attacks time-sensitive targets with persistence and precision, to destroy or disable those targets.
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An MQ-9 Reaper sits on a ramp in Afghanistan Oct. 1. The Reaper is launched, recovered and maintained at deployed locations, while being remotely operated by pilots and sensor operators at Creech Air Force Base, Nev.
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An MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle prepares to land at Balad Air Base, Iraq, after a combat mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Predator aircraft fly intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Air Force Predator missions contributed to the 28 ISR missions flown Aug. 18.
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Fully armed reaper.

http://www.air-attack.com/php/displ_img.php?imgurl=/MIL/predator/mq-9_armed.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQ-9_Reaper

I really like the idea of us going toward more and more UAVs. Not only is this helping our brothers and sisters in the USMC,Navy,and Army on the ground alive, it is also keeping our pilots alive.:bigok: I know I would be pissed if I was one of the enemy and got killed by a remote controlled airplane.:keke:

[rps13drift]

That thing is realy fucking awesome!

[ThatGuy]

It's only a matter of time before there will be a robot performing the duties of the ground troops. Controlled by a young man/woman thousands of miles away... playing HALO 6.

Technology is cool.

[fromxtor]

^^ Dammit Barry I can only posi you so many times in one day. I LOL'd

[MavericStephenc]

Barry one of my friends who is leaving for boot soon signed up for the uav mos cool stuff though halo 6 lol

[OptionZero]

i keep thinking of skylinks from the terminator movies

i dont wanna see any of my friends overseas get hurt

but i'm wary of handing off such destructive capability to a buncha computers
i hope theres some quintple redundancy over the control systems

[ThatGuy]

UAV's are very cool.

I heard somewhere that some of the Predators being flown in Afghanistan, were actually being piloted from a base here in the states. CRAZY!

[Antihero983]

dude, its called the fucking reaper. for that reason alone, i want one.

oh and since i have halo3 (6 isnt out yet :-/ ) ill fly it and headshot it from the comfort of my recliner.


wait....

.........do you think theyll mind if i paint it flat black?!

[Koopa Troopa]

UAV's are very cool.

I heard somewhere that some of the Predators being flown in Afghanistan, were actually being piloted from a base here in the states. CRAZY!

Dude, being a military man yourself should have raised the bullshit flag on that. We can't even get AFN to work longer than 30 minutes muchless pilot a radio controlled aircraft with live munitions.

I'm sure the guy piloting R/C planes in a combat zone behind his desk in Nevada is the same guy telling boots he's an underwater sniper or an in flight missile tech.


Technology and the goverment? Uh, I'll pass.

[fromxtor]

i keep thinking of skylinks from the terminator movies

i dont wanna see any of my friends overseas get hurt

but i'm wary of handing off such destructive capability to a buncha computers
i hope theres some quintple redundancy over the control systems

I'm sure the individuals are well trained for the job, as shown by the targeting pod on the front of the aircraft I would say its as accurate as a weapons officer aiming it from an actual jet. Laser guided bombs are extremely accurate w/ gps and all. Probably more steady, and w/o the fatigue pilots experience.:bigok:

I think this unit brings new meaning to "silent, but deadly".

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NNq44djwCSo

[ThatGuy]

Yeah, I figurerd as much Koopa, but I couldn't be sure. :D

[rican_nick]

one of my buddy's in the air force flies one of these things.. i was looking for the pics of he sent me of his "desk" with all the controls and monitors and crap.. shit is pretty crazy.

[ixfxi]

will it help us find osama?

no, it wont.

the_end

[ThatGuy]

will it help us find osama?

no, it wont.

the_end

Maybe you should hook it up with some HIDs, Mike.

That's bound to help. :keke:

[Koopa Troopa]

Yeah, I figurerd as much Koopa, but I couldn't be sure. :D


Not to mention I'm sure Airman Jackass will be more focused on trying to find a way to connect to Zilvia via satellite then he will be trying to pilot his aircraft...

[ThatGuy]

Well that goes without saying. Who wouldn't want to get on Zilvia?

Well besides the people from "other" sites that think we're all assholes. :rofl:


This makes me want to build an R/C 240sx so I can send it to the "other" websites car meets. No sense in putting Zilvians in harms way of becoming un-informed and not caring about proper offsets and ride height.. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[MavericStephenc]

Well that goes without saying. Who wouldn't want to get on Zilvia?

Well besides the people from "other" sites that think we're all assholes. :rofl:


This makes me want to build an R/C 240sx so I can send it to the "other" websites car meets. No sense in putting Zilvians in harms way of becoming un-informed and not caring about proper offsets and ride height.. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

dude, its called the fucking reaper. for that reason alone, i want one.

oh and since i have halo3 (6 isnt out yet :-/ ) ill fly it and headshot it from the comfort of my recliner.


wait....

.........do you think theyll mind if i paint it flat black?!

you guys are awesome

+1 for strapping hid's to it

[jackjack]

It's only a matter of time before there will be a robot performing the duties of the ground troops. Controlled by a young man/woman thousands of miles away... playing HALO 6.

Technology is cool.


+1. "terminator" future...... here we come.

[cdlong]

sorry guys, all UAVs are flown out of nevada, including the predator and global hawk. i've heard close in support (take off, landing, taxiing) are done on site, but i'm not sure. sure, AFN blows but it's a different system, and i already get zilvia in my office.

i think these are our best bet of finding Osama, usually the first indicator that one of these is in the area is that you're dead.

and none of those guys in the pictures were Airmen, they were all contractors or DoD civilians.

[Agamemnon]

and none of those guys in the pictures were Airmen, they were all contractors or DoD civilians.
I was wondering why they were wearing jeans.

[ThatGuy]

sorry guys, all UAVs are flown out of nevada, including the predator and global hawk. i've heard close in support (take off, landing, taxiing) are done on site, but i'm not sure. sure, AFN blows but it's a different system, and i already get zilvia in my office.

I'll be damned, I was right.:bigok:

+Rep for the clarification. :bow:

I was wondering why they were wearing jeans.
Well, it IS the Airforce. :rolleyes:

I'm kidding! :keke:

[cdlong]

Well, it IS the Airforce. :rolleyes:

hey now! ...no, nevermind, we're lazy bastards.

one guy in the video even had a mohawk.

[cgtdream]

+1. "terminator" future...... here we come.

beat me to a terminator ref....anywho, makes me wonder when skynet will takeover :ugh:

[ms!3]

Well, it IS the Airforce. :rolleyes:

I'm kidding! :keke:

haha, just a little bit of friendly competition from the marine corps. woot

[2ilvia]

i kinda want to call BS on the video, no actual footage of it leaving the ground, and no real footage of it flying there was a shot of some wing of some plane, but maybe its just bad editing

[eastcoastS14]

lol how many more ways can we come up to kill people?

some of the inventions the military comes out with are really amazing....incredibly ingenious....just wish they never actually had to take peoples lives with them....unfortunately that is not the world we live in

[cdlong]

i kinda want to call BS on the video, no actual footage of it leaving the ground, and no real footage of it flying there was a shot of some wing of some plane, but maybe its just bad editing

what are you calling BS on, that the plane exists? that it can fly? this plane has been running operational missions for a couple months now. it's just an evolution of the predator B which was of course an evolution of the original predator. the predator B was responsible for a high level AQI kill like 2 years ago. nothing revolutionary going on here.

[Kn1ves]

lol how many more ways can we come up to kill people?

some of the inventions the military comes out with are really amazing....incredibly ingenious....just wish they never actually had to take peoples lives with them....unfortunately that is not the world we live in

they have that big microwave ray gun thing.. but its non-lethal

suppose to heat ur skin to 120degrees to give u a burning sensation

and probably make u sterile for the rest of ur life

[ixfxi]

http://www.zilvia.net/f/image.php?u=21653&dateline=1191952277

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7073/sighv2.jpg

i'm sorry, i dont know who you are. what are you, like a moderator or something?

SERIOUSLY, why on earth do your images have to be THAT_BIG, THAT_GUY?

we need to reset the standards here and trim everyone's sigs/avatars. i'm on a massive monitor and all this shit just takes up too much space. besides, i think its safe to say that everyone knows that you and philip are moderators! do people still have problems recognizing this?

[fromxtor]

they have that big microwave ray gun thing.. but its non-lethal

suppose to heat ur skin to 120degrees to give u a burning sensation

and probably make u sterile for the rest of ur life


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_laser
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/abl/
http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/program/abl.htm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/abl.htm

^^My brother does testing on this, I got to see it last time I visited him but the cooling stand was covering the laser on the front.

[ThatGuy]

SERIOUSLY, why on earth do your images have to be THAT_BIG, THAT_GUY?

Mike, my Signatures are within the standards for Premium members. It's nothing special for being a Moderator.

I drew/Photoshopped them myself, and I like them. That's all that matters to me. You can go to your profile and turn off Signatures if it really bothers you that much.

Relax. Being stressed out will cause your hands to shake, and you might screw up someones lights. I don't want to cause you un-due stress and ruin someones lights I don't even know. :keke:

[axiomatik]

lol how many more ways can we come up to kill people?

some of the inventions the military comes out with are really amazing....incredibly ingenious....just wish they never actually had to take peoples lives with them....unfortunately that is not the world we live in

what about ingenious non-lethal weapons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bomb)? :keke:

[mRclARK1]

Well that goes without saying. Who wouldn't want to get on Zilvia?

Well besides the people from "other" sites that think we're all assholes. :rofl:


This makes me want to build an R/C 240sx so I can send it to the "other" websites car meets. No sense in putting Zilvians in harms way of becoming un-informed and not caring about proper offsets and ride height.. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Airmen 1: "Damn... crashed again!"
Airmen 2: "They're gonna start making YOU pay for these things"
Airmen 1: "Pay for what?"
Airmen 2: "The UAV's you keep crashing dumbass"
Airmen 1: "Fuck the UAV's... I meant Zilvia. Was I flying a UAV just now? I opened a new window and I forgot..."
Airmen 2: :ugh:

We've gone from "fire and forget" to "fly and I started surfing the net forget" :keke:

[ThatGuy]

^Hahahaha, nice.

Maybe I could hook up my "Thread Lock" button to the "Fire Missle" button. :rawk: :rawk:

[Diabolical]

Its it programmed to kill more innocents then claim their were combatants?


Sorry I had to

[fliprayzin240sx]

If they were so innocent, why dont you move over there with them since theyre so innocent.

Plain and simpe: Harboring terrorist will get you blown the fuck up. If you have kids and women in the house, then dont let Osama crash on the couch!!!

Anyways, im waiting for a remote controlled M-1 to roll off into production...

[Diabolical]

If they were so innocent, why dont you move over there with them since theyre so innocent.

Plain and simpe: Harboring terrorist will get you blown the fuck up. If you have kids and women in the house, then dont let Osama crash on the couch!!!

What do you expect those people to do? Say no? Shut the door? lmao are you honestly that dumb? Harboring? Lol @ you!!1

[fliprayzin240sx]

How about you dont believe everything you hear in the news since half that shiet is propaganda anyways. Half the crap thats actually going on out there dont even make it to the damn news. Last I checked their basically having a gawdamn civil war out there.

[Diabolical]

How about you dont believe everything you hear in the news since half that shiet is propaganda anyways. Half the crap thats actually going on out there dont even make it to the damn news. Last I checked their basically having a gawdamn civil war out there.

I don't watch the news but thanks for your concern, I know what propaganda is and theres probably a good change you are a product of it.


The UAV comment was a joke anyways, so calm down Sgt. Badass

[ThatGuy]

Diabolical, you JUST got un-pinked. How about you just keep your mouth shut for a while?

It's best just to remain silent about the things you don't fully understand.

This is NOT a debate about the fighting going on right now. This is someone sharing some insight into the technology we possess. Leave it at that.

[Diabolical]

Diabolical, you JUST got un-pinked. How about you just keep your mouth shut for a while?

It's best just to remain silent about the things you don't fully understand.

This is NOT a debate about the fighting going on right now. This is someone sharing some insight into the technology we possess. Leave it at that.


Agreed, im out.