OOOps Reaper UAV down
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OOOps Reaper UAV down
Found this thought it might be of interest.
http://www.modoracle.com/news/RAF-De...l?category=all
Is this the most expensive loss to date??
Odd that they sent SBS to remove the important bits, then used a Harrier to destroy the evidence. Would it not have been better for the SBS to set charges and be 100% certain it was destroyed?
Be lucky
David
http://www.modoracle.com/news/RAF-De...l?category=all
Is this the most expensive loss to date??
Odd that they sent SBS to remove the important bits, then used a Harrier to destroy the evidence. Would it not have been better for the SBS to set charges and be 100% certain it was destroyed?
Be lucky
David
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You are assuming that the men in black had their demolitions kit with them. Seems like they weren't planning to use it, and so didn't have it in their Bergens.
Not much call for it when fighting Terry, perhaps, as he tends to do quite well without first-world infrastructure.
Not much call for it when fighting Terry, perhaps, as he tends to do quite well without first-world infrastructure.
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Why couldn't they just chopper it out for repair? They only weigh about LB 10k at mtow, so with the fuel and payload gone surely it could have been retrieved??
Am fairly certain that a Chinook or MH53 could have done the job.
Am fairly certain that a Chinook or MH53 could have done the job.
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"A team of SBS men was dropped in to the crash site by helicopter to salvage top secret gear ..... "
maybe it was a Lynx?
maybe it was a Lynx?
Why couldn't they just chopper it out for repair? They only weigh about LB 10k at mtow, so with the fuel and payload gone surely it could have been retrieved??
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You can bet the wreck would attract Terry T like flies. Best to get the Clever Bits in your webbing quickly and then tw@t the rest with a bomb. Also, Terry might be a bit wary of getting too close with a GR lurking overhead - gives you time to exfil smartish. We don't know but it might have come down in Terry's back yard; you wouldn't want to f@rt about lifting it out in that situation. Blast the bits and then scarper.
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dodgy underslung load as that big, low-speed wing would "fly".
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Ah Yes.
"Bloggs, where are the three Reapers I bought?"
"Erm, yes, well Your Airship, one hasn't been delivered just yet, we, erm, blew one up and the other was sort of pickled off a Chinook on trials with JATE Sire".
"Bloggs, where are the three Reapers I bought?"
"Erm, yes, well Your Airship, one hasn't been delivered just yet, we, erm, blew one up and the other was sort of pickled off a Chinook on trials with JATE Sire".
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Making Sense...?
Okay, let's see if I've got this one right:
UAVs are good because they don't hazard our people, and replace more expensive manned aircraft.
So.... when one gets shot down, we have to send a helicopter (expensive) to deliver special forces personnel (expensive) to the crash site (dangerous) to recover kit we don't want bad guys to get while being covered by a Harrier (really expensive) which then uses a PGB (ungodly expensive) to blow the thing up (dangerous).
Is it just me, or is there a flaw in the military thinking here?
UAVs are good because they don't hazard our people, and replace more expensive manned aircraft.
So.... when one gets shot down, we have to send a helicopter (expensive) to deliver special forces personnel (expensive) to the crash site (dangerous) to recover kit we don't want bad guys to get while being covered by a Harrier (really expensive) which then uses a PGB (ungodly expensive) to blow the thing up (dangerous).
Is it just me, or is there a flaw in the military thinking here?
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It might seem a bit extreme, but perhaps we could have solved more problems than we raised, if we'd left it a day or so, pulled our mates back and then done the job with Trident!
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Who picked it up...
Just a point of accuracy... it was not the boys in Black. 
It was in fact the boys in Blue (well deserts actually, but with a blue beret)
flown there by the boys and girls in blue.
It was in fact the boys in Blue (well deserts actually, but with a blue beret)
flown there by the boys and girls in blue.
