America's New Air Force
August 16, 2009 5:18 PM
Increasingly, the U.S. military is relying on un-manned, often armed aircraft to track and destroy the enemy - sometimes controlled from bases thousands of miles away from the battlefront.
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See all 46 CommentsAs far as the people commenting that the US is giving too much away with thier press coverage I can assure you that from my experience we never quote actual specs on classified weapon systems. This is no different then the propaganda from North Korea or Iran we are flexing our military muscles saying we are a force to be reaconed with fear us or suffer our wrath.
Unfortunatly the guys we are flexing on live in caves and have no cable so they didnt get the memo. At the same time this "Video Game Warfare" that is described as being in demand, is a great way to shop Air Force enlistment to a young generation that will soon be called on to fight in Afghanistan and beyond.
If I was a fresh faced patriot and had to chose between rolling with the grunts at great risk to myself in a foreign 3rd world country for 7 months to a year, or staying in the US and going home every day to my wife, and sleeping in my bed, the choise kinda makes itself.
To the officer that said he is as much in the fight as the men on the ground, respectfully sir, no...you are not. Go to a physical therapy ward and tell that to a guy with no legs and see if he chuckles. I get the psycological turmoil of killing every day, you go to work kill dozens of people, then your walking around the local mall like your an average Joe. That would get to me, but it's still a far cry from the blood sweat and tears of real combat. That said it is hardly cowardly as one person commented. To tell you the truth if I'm a terrorist on horseback, I hardly care if I'm being hunted by a manned F18 or an unmanned craft. I'm screwed either way. War is not pistols at dawn, it is aquiring the best gear and training and using it at the most advantageous time for you...not the enemy. There is no chivalry in war. It's murder plain and simple. Mass in most cases, legal only for the ones who win.
You dont see Iraq or Afghanistan up in arms about all the IED's planted and how they blow up as many if not more civilian vehicles as military. Where are all the people protesting that brand of cowardice? Sorry to inform you guys, but America has never fought fair, remember how we dressed in rags and popped out from the trees and decimated "the red coats" what has changed now? Our tactics are the same win through any means necessary. That said the only way to win at war is to make a peace and end it. Fighting terrorism is like debating racism, or religeon you can change some peoples minds, but the rest are gonna believe what they believe no matter what. You cant beat everyone into submission, and untill this administration comes to that realization we will continue wasting our money in a worthless desert instead of surring up our countrys middle class economy, our inferstructure and our education systems.
If we cant even win the war on drugs, how can we defeat the worlds biggest drug dealers?
The one statistic 60 minutes did NOT mention is that 50 civilians are murdered for every one "bad guy" 'eliminated' by drones.
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For those of you who complain about the collatoral damage, tell the insurgents and Al-Queda to STOP hiding behind women, children and all the innocents of this war; which by the way WAS NOT STARTED BY US! If you'll recall 2 jumbo jets were flown into the World Trade Center.
60 Minutes, please find us a reporter who is intelligent, questioning, and articulate. PLEASE
THIS IS ABOUT KEEPING OUR GUYS ALIVE & GETTING THE BAD GUYS!!!!!!THEY ALL NEED OUR PRAYERS.THEY ALL ARE KEEPING US SAFE. OUR ENTIRE NATION DOES. WE NEED TO LOVE, PROTECT, RESPECT WHAT THEY ARE DOING & PRAY FOR ALL OUR AMERICAN CITIZENS & ESPECIALLY ALL OUR MILITARY!!!! LOVE ONE ANOTHER & STICK TOGETHER, BECAUSE OUR COUNTRY IS FALLING APART FOR LACK OF IT. II CHRONICLES 7:14 If my people call my name, humble
themselves, pray, ask forgiveness, turn from their evil ways, I will hear from heaven & I will heal their land. This is a prayer for our nation!!! All Americans praying constantly & God's miracle is our only hope !!!
This man gets to go home to his family, BECAUSE OF THIS WEAPON. MY NEIGHBOR, BROTHERS FRIEND, OTHER CLASSMATES & FRIENDS FAMILY MEMBERS DO NOT. THEY ALL DIED FOR YOU, ME & ALL OF US.
*** #1. KEEP OUR GUYS ALIVE. # 2. GET THE BAD GUYS ***
THEM...how much WE [I always say WE ] to let them know that MANY THANK THEM & APPRECIATE ALL THAT THEY ARE DOING FOR US. WE OWE THEM OUR PARENTS & ANCESTORS LIVES, OUR LIVES, OUR CHILDRENS LIVES & THEIRS. THIS WOULD NOT BE AMERICA WITHOUT THEM. They do not like war. They do not like killing. I hate war & killing, but I am willing to fight & could [IF I HAD TO] kill anyone [& SO COULD YOU] trying to destroy AMERICA [BECAUSE I LOVE AMERICA !!!!] This wonderful country, my children & theirs & their future is worth fighting for. Had others not served, fought [& many died], we would not have AMERICA. My father, uncles, cousins & MANY FRIENDS CHANGED THEIR LIVES & MADE ULTIMATE SACRIFICES FOR ME & FOR YOU! {MANY WERE WOUNDED, MANY HAD NIGHTMARES THEIR ENTIRE LIVES, MANY IN FOX HOLES FOR DAYS [NO FOOD OR WATER], AND A DEAR UNCLE & HIS FAMILY MEMBERS [HELD AS PRISONERS SURVIVED ON INSECTS & PRAYERS !!! ** YET,WE HERE IN AMERICA WERE SAFE IN OUR BEDS AT NIGHT, LIVING IN COMFORT, EATING GREAT FOODS, GOING TO THE MOVIES, WATCHING SPORTS, DINING, DANCING, PARTYING & EVEN HAVING THE WONDERFUL PRIVILEDGE OF WORSHIPPING IN CHURCH. [SOUNDS LIKE TODAY, DOESN'T IT? ALL OF THIS COULD END & WILL WITHOUT OUR MILITARY & FIGHTING!!!!!]
If my next door neighbor,Valedictorian & Most Likely to Succeed in our class, had had access to THE NEW AIR FORCE UNMANNED PLANE, he & his co-fighter pilot would not have been shot down, nor WOULD HIS PRECIOUS FAMILY MEMBERS & HIS WIFE HAD TO SPEND MANY YEARS IN TORMENT & MANY TRIPS TO WASHINGTON D.C., WHILE HE WAS MIA[MISSING IN ACTION.] FINALLY, after years of investigation, he was declared killed in action [which resulted from evidence of findings of the plane & their "dog tags" at the exact location where they were shot down.]
CLOSURE ??? MAYBE? HE WAS DECLARED A WAR HERO [AND THAT HE WAS] & HIS NAME IS ON THE WALL & THE FAMILY CAN GO TO OBSERVE.............BUT ? YES, THERE IS DEFINATELY A GREAT NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF WEAPON BECAUSE WE KNOW WE ARE HATED, BECAUSE WE ARE AMERICA. THEY [TERRORISTS - MEN, WOMEN & LITTLE CHILDREN ALL] PROMISE TO KILL ALL AMERICANS, BEHEAD ALL WHO DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE ISLAM OR THEIR JIHAD WAYS & TO SHOW US "THE REAL HOLOCAUST!" Is this the future you want for your children?
The drones are NOT a COWARDLY WAY OF FIGHTING !!! THE COWARDS ARE THOSE <<HIDING IN THE SAND!!!!SURROUNDING THEMSELVES WITH INNOCENT WOMEN & CHILDREN THAT THEY TRAIN & TORTUE TO KILL AMERICANS!!!!>>
**THIS IS A SMART WEAPON. THIS IS A SAFE WEAPON !!!! WE NEED MANY OF THESE RIGHT HERE,IN OUR 50 UNITED STATES, WHERE THERE ARE & HAVE BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS....MANY MANY LIVE..ACTIVE... TRAINING...TERRORISTS
CELLS,ALL AROUND US. THEY ARE VERY PREPARED, READY & WAITING ??? ARE WE PREPARED? I PRAY SO.
THESE PLANES IN THIS SEGMENT ON 60 MINUTES MAY BE OUR ONLY HOPE, OTHER THAN OUR CONSTANT PRAYERS & A MIRACLE FROM GOD!!!!
We do not NEED to know everything, but if it helps my dear friend to sleep better at night, knowing that her precious grandson, serving in the Air Force, might be alittle SAFER, YOU BET I'M GLAD WE HAVE THEM.
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