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To: freedumb2003
Why do you think so? UAVs can be just as expensive as manned fighters. Why not use killer bees for a small fraction of the price each? Cessna O-1 Bird Dog.
10 posted on 07/29/2009 6:50:54 PM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: myknowledge

>>Why do you think so? UAVs can be just as expensive as manned fighters.<<

Because manned fighters can hurt the MAN/MEN in the cockpit. We need them dudes to do stuff that requires a human in the seat at the moment.

Passive hunts for cowards can be regulated to robots.

A single pilot who gets hit by flak or a lucky SAM is too high a price to pay for simple Search and Destroy Weinies.


12 posted on 07/29/2009 6:56:16 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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