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17 Jan 2006, 03:15
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So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
That's right, it looks like the UK has jumped on the UAV bandwaggon. While this one won't be autonomously bombing anyone, it's still interesting that we've made one - and more to the point, that this is the first time any mention of such a project has hit the news.
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17 Jan 2006, 03:36
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
Well, it's a plus point that we're investing in this technology ourselves rather than buying from America in doing so. It'll be good for jobs in the appropriate regions of the country.
I think that UAVs are the future. Eventually they'll become able to dogfight with some of the existing planes owned by many countries, and win. Manned planes will then be replaced by all sides. Once that happens, the air war may just become an economic war, not a war of death. That assumes, of course, that both sides are using UAVs.
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17 Jan 2006, 13:23
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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Well, it's a plus point that we're investing in this technology ourselves rather than buying from America in doing so. It'll be good for jobs in the appropriate regions of the country.
I think that UAVs are the future. Eventually they'll become able to dogfight with some of the existing planes owned by many countries, and win. Manned planes will then be replaced by all sides. Once that happens, the air war may just become an economic war, not a war of death. That assumes, of course, that both sides are using UAVs.
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What do you mean by economic war? Presumably these planes will eventually be used to carry out mass bombings of ground targets causing massive death tolls.
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17 Jan 2006, 13:30
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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Presumably these planes will eventually be used to carry out mass bombings of ground targets causing massive death tolls.
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thats one hell of a ****ing presumption right there.
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17 Jan 2006, 13:40
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
All governments are very sensitive to losing expensive planes and skilled pilots. These are most likely a lot cheaper to produce and should one be lost, a lot simpler to replace than a dead pilot.
I wonder if theyre going to be used in areas where, if shot down, their technology could be analyzed and replicated? im betting no, and theyll end up un Pakistan / Afghanistan / Iraq.
Chances of them being used for spying missions in North Korea? Zilch.
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17 Jan 2006, 14:07
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
I dunno about all the moral implications/objections, but it looks cool.
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17 Jan 2006, 14:28
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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thats one hell of a ****ing presumption right there.
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I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not.
If not:
Why risk the life of a pilot when you can use an unmaned machine? the propaganda value would be enough to justify this action.
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17 Jan 2006, 15:02
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not.
If not:
Why risk the life of a pilot when you can use an unmaned machine? the propaganda value would be enough to justify this action.
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"hey! we can bomb strategically significant targets without risking our pilots now!"
does not, to me, read the same as
"LETS OBLITERATE KAZAKHSTAN! FOR FUN! YEEHA!"
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17 Jan 2006, 15:05
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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"hey! we can bomb strategically significant targets without risking our pilots now!"
does not, to me, read the same as
"LETS OBLITERATE KAZAKHSTAN! FOR FUN! YEEHA!"
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Look at Iraq.
Shock and Awe = bomb the shit out of them
Pilots or no these planes will cause massive death tolls.
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17 Jan 2006, 15:21
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
Shock and Awe is a Bad Thing(tm). But it is not the same as repaving a city with the bones of its infants which is what you seem to be suggesting is the logical progression of the UK building its own UAVs.
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17 Jan 2006, 15:27
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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Shock and Awe is a Bad Thing(tm). But it is not the same as repaving a city with the bones of its infants which is what you seem to be suggesting is the logical progression of the UK building its own UAVs.
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Where did I say that?
Where was that even implied?
Saying unmaned plane would be used in a 'war of death' (Furball's words) is not the same as saying we will bomb random cities for fun.
Not even close.
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17 Jan 2006, 15:30
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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Presumably these planes will eventually be used to carry out mass bombings of ground targets causing massive death tolls.
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17 Jan 2006, 15:43
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
Mass bombings are so 20th Century.
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17 Jan 2006, 15:44
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
Planes drop bombs.
they kill people.
Lots of people.
What don't you understand?
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17 Jan 2006, 15:45
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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Planes drop bombs.
they kill people.
Lots of people.
What don't you understand?
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However it's unclear how these planes will cause it to happen more.
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17 Jan 2006, 15:49
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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Planes drop bombs.
they kill people.
Lots of people.
What don't you understand?
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When they are intended to, yes they do. And in present-day warfare, the result is that a legitimate target gets destroyed, plus a dozen people who were standing too close.
Not an entire city that was standing too close, because we don't use carpet-bombing as a matter of course.
What don't you understand?
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17 Jan 2006, 15:52
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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Not an entire city that was standing too close, because we don't use carpet-bombing as a matter of course.
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Mass bombing isn't necessarily equivilent to carpet bombing, you dig?
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17 Jan 2006, 15:53
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
ASG:
Bombs kill people. Bombs are dropped by planes. These are clear.
Planes shoot down other planes. This is a constant in wars where no side has air superiority.
Unmanned planes will lead to a lower loss of life than manned planes, ignoring their superior aerial capabilities.
Thus air forces won't run out of pilots as before - they'll run out of planes.
How do you produce planes? Through industry, which is controlled by the economy.
Thus it'll be an economic air war.
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17 Jan 2006, 15:56
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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Mass bombing isn't necessarily equivilent to carpet bombing, you dig?
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i was being illustrative.
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17 Jan 2006, 16:00
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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Planes shoot down other planes. This is a constant in wars where no side has air superiority.
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When was the last time the UK (or US) had a war with someone and didn't have air superiority?
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17 Jan 2006, 16:05
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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However it's unclear how these planes will cause it to happen more.
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Did I say more?
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17 Jan 2006, 16:13
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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However it's unclear how these planes will cause it to happen more.
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Presumably, one of the restrictions on the use of military force is the fear that your side will face casualties. Both from a military perspective, and PR perspective. So there were additional protests against the war when the 2,000th US death was announced, for instance.
If there is a new weapon which can somehow reduce the amount of (possible) deaths on your side, it might make military planners more reckless, or simply more willing to use force I'm not sure. Certainly, I would be more likely to get involved in a street fight if I had a device which could guarantee I wouldn't/couldn't die.
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17 Jan 2006, 16:25
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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Presumably, one of the restrictions on the use of military force is the fear that your side will face casualties. Both from a military perspective, and PR perspective. So there were additional protests against the war when the 2,000th US death was announced, for instance.
If there is a new weapon which can somehow reduce the amount of (possible) deaths on your side, it might make military planners more reckless, or simply more willing to use force I'm not sure. Certainly, I would be more likely to get involved in a street fight if I had a device which could guarantee I wouldn't/couldn't die.
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As has been mentioned, all the recent wars involving the UK and the US took place in an environment of total air supremacy, and it's quite possible (given, for example, the US military's recent supplies problems) that the risk of the manpower is not the significant factor, given that, for example, the only significant loss of airmen was quite recently, when the plane was flying abnormally low.
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17 Jan 2006, 16:26
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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When was the last time the UK (or US) had a war with someone and didn't have air superiority?
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That's not the point. Wars don't require air superiority for them to happen. All the recent wars have been comparatively piss-easy wars compared to real wars between equal sides - WW2/Battle of Britain is pretty much the only recent example in the West.
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
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Presumably, one of the restrictions on the use of military force is the fear that your side will face casualties. Both from a military perspective, and PR perspective. So there were additional protests against the war when the 2,000th US death was announced, for instance.
If there is a new weapon which can somehow reduce the amount of (possible) deaths on your side, it might make military planners more reckless, or simply more willing to use force I'm not sure. Certainly, I would be more likely to get involved in a street fight if I had a device which could guarantee I wouldn't/couldn't die.
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so far as i can see, the only case of a plane being shot down in iraq (planes rather than choppers) was a year ago, when a hercules was taken down by an SAM on a routine flight.
it is almost impossible that these planes will be used in any context in which they are at all likely to be shot down by enemy fire. this just removes the human cost of crashes (which happen in peacetime anyway).
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18 Jan 2006, 03:21
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Re: So now we can rocket-attack pakistani villages without asking the CIA to do it
Bombs don't kill people, people kill people
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