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Marcuslee11

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1. No decision

Reply to jakeXT (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2013, 05:02 PM

Nov 2013

No decision has been made yet on when Reaper training flights will resume, Semmel said. He emphasized that the unmanned combat aircraft, which was introduced by manufacturer General Atomics in 2007, has a good safety record. Critics say the drones have a high rate of accidents.

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Military drones grounded in Central New York following crash in Lake Ontario [View all] jakeXT Nov 2013 OP

No decision Marcuslee11 Nov 2013 #1

Much harder to hide malfunctions when flying drones in this country. RC Nov 2013 #5

$4M?! DJ13 Nov 2013 #2

They did, but the MIC said that wouldn't be profitable enough. Scuba Nov 2013 #3

+100 RC Nov 2013 #6

And then you got the stuff on the ground jakeXT Nov 2013 #4

$500 airplanes don't have a 7000 pound take-off weight FarCenter Nov 2013 #11

........Or carry GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided bombs. DJ13 Nov 2013 #12

Well this was a training flight that went down. FarCenter Nov 2013 #13

The Canadians probly shot it down. Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #7

I think that windbag Rob Ford u4ic Nov 2013 #14

Nah. No way. He gets his drug deliveries from the States by drone. Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #15

Unable to recover it? Oakenshield Nov 2013 #8

U.S. Air Force asked to help in missing drone search jakeXT Nov 2013 #9

Encouraging. Oakenshield Nov 2013 #10