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

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Old 29th January 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 January 2014 | 14:05
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Any idea why there appears to be no markings, USAF, RAF etc.
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Old 29th January 2014 | 15:15
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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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Old 29th January 2014 | 18:11
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The infidels are hiding inside!
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Old 29th January 2014 | 21:12
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Old 29th January 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 January 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 January 2014 | 22:32
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Old 30th January 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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