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To: Pistolshot
Need something like a Harpoon. Not sure a Predator can carry that.

The pirate "ships" are mainly speedboats that they use to get boarding parties onto the ships. One 250-lbs JDAM would turn one into splinters

The Predator B (the new, larger version of the old Predator) can carry 3,000 pounds of ordinance, plus 3,000 pounds of fuel, giving it a loiter time of 32 hours at 50K feet altitude. I would guess you could put a pair of 1300 lbs harpoons on one and stay within the weight limits, but I'm thinking you would need to redesign the hardpoints on the wing

64 posted on 10/30/2007 6:17:40 AM PDT by PapaBear3625
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To: PapaBear3625
True, true. But by the looks of it, I was a little prescient. See post 7. And then this was posted later.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918044/posts

65 posted on 10/30/2007 6:27:16 AM PDT by Pistolshot
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