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Mick.B

8th Jan 2013 10:17

What is it ?

Suspected US drone found floating off Philippines - Australia Network News - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Not_a_boffin

8th Jan 2013 10:22

One of these?

BQM-74E Aerial Target

ETOPS

8th Jan 2013 10:24

I'd say, given that it has the word "TARGET" stencilled on the side, it's possibly a target.

Lightning Mate

8th Jan 2013 10:28

Definitely the BQM-74E Chukar III.

Prop Fwd

8th Jan 2013 10:32

You can Just make out 74E behind NAVY

green granite

8th Jan 2013 10:48

Quote:

I'd say, given that it has the word "TARGET" stencilled on the side, it's possibly a target.

A bit like the farmer who ploughs up a bomb, rings the police and says "you'd better get the bomb squad here urgently as it's dangerous, it's got I N E R T written on the side of it."

getsometimein

8th Jan 2013 10:51

"A technical evaluation determined that the object is one unmanned aerial vehicle,"

Woa, stop with the technical details!

Not sure how they came to this conclusion... Perhaps it was the absence of a seat....

teeteringhead

8th Jan 2013 11:09

Interesting indication of a change in perceptions ......

........ a few years ago it would surely have been called a "bomb", a "missile" or (given the prominent "Navy") perhaps a "torpedo".

chopper2004

8th Jan 2013 13:03

:cool:NAS Cubi Point re opened for business again?

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