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Coast Guard: Unmanned Navy Aircraft Crashes in Md.
AP/WBOC ^ | June 11, 2012

Posted on 06/11/2012 11:21:32 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

NANTICOKE, Md. (AP/WBOC)- The U.S. Coast Guard says an unmanned Naval aircraft has crashed on Maryland's Eastern Shore and there are no injuries.

A spokeswoman for the Patuxent River Naval Air Station's Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons program says a 44-foot unmanned aircraft on a routine maintenance flight crashed near Bloodsworth Island around noon Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at wboc.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: navair

1 posted on 06/11/2012 11:21:37 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Anoreth

Oops.


2 posted on 06/11/2012 11:36:11 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Genetic testing of unborn babies: measuring the morality of our culture. (Wesley Smith)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Drone?


3 posted on 06/11/2012 11:36:12 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Looks like someone’s maintenance actions didn’t find the root cause of the problem.


4 posted on 06/11/2012 11:36:35 AM PDT by Pecos (Constitution? Oh, you mean that thing we USED to have.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Saw this on NCIS


5 posted on 06/11/2012 11:39:33 AM PDT by edcoil (It is not over until I win.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

From the pic, it looks like it may have been a MQ/RQ-8 Fire Scout.

Note what looks like rotor blades in the bottom right of the pic.


6 posted on 06/11/2012 11:48:36 AM PDT by 2CAVTrooper ( For those who have had to fight for it, freedom has a flavor the protected shall never know.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Crashed. Was the pilot hurt?

snicker.


7 posted on 06/11/2012 11:51:16 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What I wanna know is what Chris Muir knew and when he knew it:
http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/2012/06/09/


8 posted on 06/11/2012 12:13:45 PM PDT by gunsmithkat (There is no such thing as Too Many Guns)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

As one general put it “if something goes wrong, you don’t have to write a letter to a drone’s mother.”


9 posted on 06/11/2012 12:18:21 PM PDT by Our man in washington
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To: Free ThinkerNY

As one general put it “if something goes wrong, you don’t have to write a letter to a drone’s mother.”


10 posted on 06/11/2012 12:21:45 PM PDT by Our man in washington
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To: 2CAVTrooper

It (was) a BAMS... the Navy maritime surveillance version of the Global Hawk... This is not helpful.


11 posted on 06/11/2012 12:52:09 PM PDT by Afterguard
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I’ll bet that every county in the country has at least one drone flying around spying on the people. And I’ll also bet they aren’t being flown by a deputy sheriff. They’re being flown by a controller in Florida just like all the other drones. It’s part of the government’s war against terrorists, foreign DOMESTIC.

And how are they paid for? They’re in the Homeland Security Agency’s budget.


12 posted on 06/11/2012 2:05:50 PM PDT by Terry Mross ("It happened. And we let it happen." - Peter Grifin, FAMILY GUY)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I’ll bet that every county in the country has at least one drone flying around spying on the people. And I’ll also bet they aren’t being flown by a deputy sheriff. They’re being flown by a controller in Florida just like all the other drones. It’s part of the government’s war against terrorists, foreign DOMESTIC.

And how are they paid for? They’re in the Homeland Security Agency’s budget.


13 posted on 06/11/2012 2:14:23 PM PDT by Terry Mross ("It happened. And we let it happen." - Peter Grifin, FAMILY GUY)
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To: Terry Mross

This is paid for the by US Navy and they were testing it. It’s intended for overwater ISR.


14 posted on 06/11/2012 2:57:46 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist

Who paid for the one the Montgomery County, Texas Sheriff has?


15 posted on 06/11/2012 4:01:50 PM PDT by Terry Mross ("It happened. And we let it happen." - Peter Grifin, FAMILY GUY)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; ...

Sorry to hear that.

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


16 posted on 06/11/2012 4:14:30 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Occupy DC General Assembly: We are Marxist tools. WE ARE MARXIST TOOLS!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Chinese counterfeit parts?


17 posted on 06/11/2012 4:38:42 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Occupy DC General Assembly: We are Marxist tools. WE ARE MARXIST TOOLS!)
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To: Terry Mross
Who paid for the one the Montgomery County, Texas Sheriff has?

Is this a thread about a UAV that a Texas sherriff has?

18 posted on 06/11/2012 5:16:48 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist

No, it’s about drones flying all over the country spying on people. And I just asked a question. But I’ll answer it myself. Homeland Security paid for the sheriff’s drone.

Next question is who’s flying it and where is the pilot?


19 posted on 06/11/2012 6:31:51 PM PDT by Terry Mross ("It happened. And we let it happen." - Peter Grifin, FAMILY GUY)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Chinese counterfeit parts?

Pretty scary when the hope of retaining domestic Liberty may hinge on the DHS/EPA/etc. getting screwed by our 'trading partner', isn't it?

20 posted on 06/11/2012 10:51:34 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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