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U.S. Drone Crashes on Island Off East Africa
FOX ^ | 12/13/2011

Posted on 12/13/2011 6:56:00 AM PST by Just4Him

Edited on 12/13/2011 7:11:13 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drone
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1 posted on 12/13/2011 6:56:02 AM PST by Just4Him
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To: Just4Him

Must be those Chinese chips.


2 posted on 12/13/2011 6:58:46 AM PST by meatloaf (I've had it with recycling politicians in any way shape or form. Toss 'em out!)
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To: Just4Him

Crashed while landing? Big deal, could have been landing gear failure, a blown tire, any number of things. On the face of it, a very different situation from the drone in Iran, absurd to compare them.


3 posted on 12/13/2011 6:58:58 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Just4Him

From the article “ when U.S. officials say another unmanned aircraft malfunctioned and crashed in Iran “

Um ... no.

The drone SOMEHOW managed to find an adequate landing strip in Iran and touchdown there remarkably unscathed. Sounds like neither a malfunction nor a crash.


4 posted on 12/13/2011 6:59:44 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: Just4Him

What’s up with these drones? Are the “Pilots” surfing too much porn on their computers and getting viruses?? LOL......Why doesn’t Barry cut out the middle men and just fly some drones over China and Russia so they can “Malfunction” and be given directly to our Commie enemies?


5 posted on 12/13/2011 7:01:18 AM PST by jakerobins
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To: Just4Him

Great. Now we can compare the underside of this drone to the underside of the “captured” RQ-170. Oh wait, we’ve never seen the underside of the “captured” RQ-170. You know.. where all the goodies are. That’s because it’s a fake.


6 posted on 12/13/2011 7:02:41 AM PST by ILS21R (Never give up)
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To: jakerobins

Did hear a rumor that our drone control system was cyber-attacked somewhat akin to Stuxnet.


7 posted on 12/13/2011 7:02:47 AM PST by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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To: Blueflag

They crashed THIS one to try to add credence to the “crash” story of the other one.

No sale, Hussein.

You’re still a dirty traitor muslim.


8 posted on 12/13/2011 7:03:06 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: FreedomPoster

Could be different effects of a computer virus.

Certainly needs to be adequately investigated.


9 posted on 12/13/2011 7:03:27 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Just4Him

Two computer-controled Drones malfunction within days of each other.

Hmmmmmmmmm - - - - - ? Might be that a Master Hacker is operating in the unfriendly skies?


10 posted on 12/13/2011 7:04:20 AM PST by Graewoulf (( obama"care" violates the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND is illegal by the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: treetopsandroofs

Hmmm


11 posted on 12/13/2011 7:04:49 AM PST by Just4Him (Have I now become your enemy because I am telling you the truth? Galatians 4:16)
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To: meatloaf

The drone in Iran did not crash, nor was it hacked, not did it “lose contact”. It was sent there by a treasonous Muslim “pilot” flying it for the US. My theory, anyway. You heard it here first.


12 posted on 12/13/2011 7:05:26 AM PST by 2harddrive
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To: meatloaf

In fact that is entirely possible.


13 posted on 12/13/2011 7:07:06 AM PST by muddler (Chaos is coming.)
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To: Just4Him

Question for ALL:

Shall we expect a BLIZZARD of crashes like this near the end of zer0s one and only term? Will this BLIZZARD complement like-minded “los-Alomos fires that make hard drives become invisible”? Will the BLIZZARD of drone crashs AND hard drives missing complement a Friday Night dumping of presidential pardons of EPIC proportions of leftists, anarchists, alinskyists, communists, obamunists... alone with the usual cadre of bad guys?

Second question: Can you say “Scorched Earth” exit?


14 posted on 12/13/2011 7:09:29 AM PST by C210N (Dems: "We must tax you so that we can buy our votes")
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To: Graewoulf

Wonder if they considered installing an anti-virus program on the drones?


15 posted on 12/13/2011 7:13:16 AM PST by Evil Slayer
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To: jakerobins

they are under attack by hackers playing with the satcomm
link.

btw theres another good reason these don’t blow themselves up at the press of a button - one doesn’t want them blowing up at an active airport (or accidently in a hangar if
some young airperson makes a mistake).


16 posted on 12/13/2011 7:15:00 AM PST by RitchieAprile
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To: Blueflag
Us officials now say the drone computer made default landing. I have never seen anything that says it landed on an air strip, do you have a link.
17 posted on 12/13/2011 7:15:27 AM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Newt, Willard, Perry and his fellow supporters)
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To: Blueflag

Another gift from “O” to our enemies


18 posted on 12/13/2011 7:15:56 AM PST by SMARTY ("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
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To: Evil Slayer

“Wonder if they considered installing an anti-virus program on the drones?”


Probably didn’t want the endless renewal reminders every year.


19 posted on 12/13/2011 7:15:56 AM PST by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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To: Just4Him

Hmmmmmm.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_SEYCHELLES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-12-12-21-46-38


20 posted on 12/13/2011 7:16:22 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (A MUST WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KeOLurcQaqI)
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