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revolutionnow45 (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:50 PM Original message |
We use unmanned drones to bomb and kill, can't we use them for this nuclear crisis? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. huh? how on earth do you think that would work? |
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revolutionnow45 (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. dump water |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. because that is not what they are designed to do. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. keep in mind drones are fairly small. they don't do heavy lifting |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. What exactly is it that you'd want the drone to do? n/t |
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revolutionnow45 (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. same thing as helicopters but not radiating people |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. If you attach a big bucket of water to a drone, it would be too heavy to fly. n/t |
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jacquelope (364 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Give it hands and feet with opposable thumbs and joints. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. HA.... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. The NEI? |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Maybe radioactivity interferes with their operation |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. They are. |
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revolutionnow45 (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. can they do more than take pictures? |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. No |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. Our smallest drones are too small to be of any use. The larger |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. I Was Thinking Robots |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I dont think a dancing Sony robot is going to be much help |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Even the "Toy" Robots Have Onboard Cameras, and Could Conceivably Aim a Fire Hose |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. You can't be serious |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. How else can we stop it from exploding? Think of the CHILDREN! |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. We had to bomb the plant to save the plant (nt) |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. The op didn't say bomb it. The point was to use the drone to dump water... |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I must have missed that part (nt) |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. See comments #3 and #5 and #7 n/t |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. Now I've heard it all. What you're not getting is anything at all. |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
21. Why would anybody rec this? |
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