[grey_whiskers]

Good idea, John.

Let's indirectly provide our enemies with all the information on the flight and telemetry capabilities of the predators.

The man must have Alzheimers.

Quelle dorque!

Cheers!

[OCCASparky]

Well, remember, this is a guy who the MSM gleefully told us doesn't even e-mail. Nevermind that it's not his technical ability that hinders that ability, it's physical limitations.

That being said, John--not a great idea, even with a drone at 70K feet. Plus there's that silly "line of sight" issue and the fact that most mobile devices only have a power of 1-2 watts, meaning their effective range is only to basically the nearest couple of cell towers.

[SolidWood]

Matter of factly McCain didn’t say we should use Predators. He said ‘They are the way to spread information’.

The interpretation about predators seems to be from the Gizmodo.com author. Note that this is filed under weird stuff lol.

I wonder though whether it would technically be feasible.

[Steel Wolf]

Let's be fair. Our enemies watch our predators fly all day long, and have for years. I'm no John McCain booster by any means, but this is an interesting idea.

There's probably better ways to skin this particular cat, but the idea of finding a way to provide internet access to people when their government shuts it off could be a real game changer in the 21st century.

[stuartcr]

How would someone being able to use their wi-fi, access any of that information you mentioned. All they would know, is that there is an access point available. It would be completely separate from anything having to do with the aircraft. Of course they would know where it’s at, they would have a signal, but that wouldn’t matter.

[calex59]

The man must have Alzheimers.

No, he has always been stupid.