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German military drone fails tests
UPI ^
| 09/05/07
Posted on 09/05/2007 12:26:52 PM PDT by nypokerface
BERLIN, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A German military drone designed to help secure Afghanistan has so far turned out to be a catastrophic failure.
The unmanned German reconnaissance drone, called KZO, has repeatedly crashed during test flights and revealed other technical glitches, German news magazine Der Spiegel reported in its latest issue.
The KZO was supposed to help secure the German Air Base in Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan, from where a squadron of six Panavia Tornado jets launches reconnaissance missions.
The KZO started as a German-French military project more than two decades ago, consumed nearly $700 million in development costs and has since run into severe problems, the magazine said. Germany has run the KZO alone for a few years, but the military after the unsuccessful tests has so far stopped the drone from being deployed to Afghanistan.
If it works, the KZO is able to stay in the air for 3.5 hours and with its infrared camera shoot crystal-clear images from a distance of roughly 40 miles.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany
KEYWORDS: aerospace
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To: nypokerface
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posted on
09/05/2007 12:27:35 PM PDT
by
stm
(Fred Thompson in 08!)
To: stm
3
posted on
09/05/2007 12:27:55 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: nypokerface
Did it look anything like this?
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posted on
09/05/2007 12:28:30 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: stm
A German military drone designed to help secure Afghanistan has so far turned out to be a catastrophic failure.Isn't it supposed to invade Poland?
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posted on
09/05/2007 12:28:49 PM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: nypokerface
V-2s are supposed to stall and drop.
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posted on
09/05/2007 12:29:57 PM PDT
by
toddlintown
(Five bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
To: nypokerface
They couldn’t come up with a better name than KZ-O?
7
posted on
09/05/2007 12:30:43 PM PDT
by
SolidWood
To: nypokerface
Why don’t they just buy them from us? Or Israel?
8
posted on
09/05/2007 12:30:54 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Elections have consequences.)
To: nypokerface
Anything this ugly is bound to fail
9
posted on
09/05/2007 12:31:19 PM PDT
by
stm
(Fred Thompson in 08!)
To: nypokerface
10
posted on
09/05/2007 12:31:40 PM PDT
by
Sax
To: nypokerface
I can't imagine what's gone wrong......
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posted on
09/05/2007 12:32:49 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
To: nypokerface
Hey, Germany, if you ask real nice, and offer to pay in cash DOLLARS, Israel may sell you a few.
We’re using all of ours, at the moment.
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posted on
09/05/2007 12:37:46 PM PDT
by
papasmurf
(I'm for Free, Fair, and Open trade. America needs to stand by it's true FRiend. Israel.)
To: stm
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posted on
09/05/2007 12:41:01 PM PDT
by
353FMG
(Government is the opiate of the people.)
To: 353FMG
Where’s the guy from Flight of the Phoenix? He makes toys.
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posted on
09/05/2007 12:47:08 PM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: nypokerface
To: stm
Wings (and center of gravity) are situated way back. If it goes into a dive, it will never recover.
To: stm
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posted on
09/05/2007 12:56:15 PM PDT
by
Hoplite
To: nypokerface
"The KZO started as a German-French military project more than two decades ago, "
Ahhh... the french where involved. I believe they first must remove the white surrender flag. To much drag.
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posted on
09/05/2007 1:12:58 PM PDT
by
Freedom_Is_Good
("A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." - Sigmund Freud)
To: nypokerface; martin_fierro; Charles Henrickson
Ich bin ein Krashenburner
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posted on
09/05/2007 1:20:43 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Luft-laffer)
To: nypokerface
“The KZO started as a German-French military project...”
STOP Right There!
I smell a frenchie.
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posted on
09/05/2007 1:32:25 PM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(ETERNAL SHAME on the Treasonous and Immoral Democrats!)
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