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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Mar 2008
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Great article - SR-71 Blackbird...
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:16:07 -0000, wrote:
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:00:02 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Secondly, humint is much more reliable than elint in this instance.
Putting a crew in a cockpit and having them effectively scout, or make
decision based on what they see or even what happens, is more efficient
and practical.
And using low altitude stealthy drones is safer, and cheaper. In Iraq
and Afghanistan, drones seem to be carrying the bulk of aerial intell.
Safer? Certainly because it's not manned if that's what you mean by
"safer". Cheaper - perhaps.
Effective? Not really. Low speed, low altitude unmanned aircraft are
spottable and effective counter measures against them are effective -
if you notice they are there. In Iraq, you are dealing with a what
are essentially low-tech guerrillas - and fairly stupid if you watch
some of the war porn movies on YouTube. You aren't going to use one
of those beasties over flying a missile base in Moscow.
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