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Old 29th Jan 2014, 12:18
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Don't these have a built in method of destroying them?

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Old 29th Jan 2014, 12:49
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0:20 shows something that looks like straffing holes on the top of the UAV.
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Old 29th Jan 2014, 14:05
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Any idea why there appears to be no markings, USAF, RAF etc.
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Claron, I was just going to ask the same thing. I used to watch them taking off and landing when I was at KAF and they all had some kind of insignia on them.
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The infidels are hiding inside!
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Sandy parts

Black Omega's are soooo last century.

Secret Police Wing at Cranwell have just dumped their silver astras for

Kia Ceed Station Wagons - not sinister at all, but you probably wouldn't notice one sat outside your house
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Old 29th Jan 2014, 21:42
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Don't these have a built in method of destroying them?
Not a question to be posed or answered on a public forum I feel. This is current capability in a current war zone, let's not help the bad guys do their job.
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Old 29th Jan 2014, 21:58
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Deleted my own post, as this is a public forum, and I don't need to know the answer
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Old 29th Jan 2014, 22:32
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"Ahmed, what's that whistl....."

You wouldn't catch me within a mile of one of those things.


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Old 30th Jan 2014, 16:04
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A remarkable lack of damage especially to the nose suggests a far from uncontrolled impact.
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Chances of anything coming from Mars...
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