Because our de facto president is an Islamic enemy.
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Posted on 02/01/2010 3:53:23 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
has received $59 million from the U.S. Air Force for additional Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP). This order represents the second increment on the U.S. Air Force’s Sniper ATP Lot 9 contract, originally awarded in September 2009, bringing the total value of the Lot 9 buy to $95 million.
Delivering the highest resolution imagery for precision targeting and non-traditional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, the Sniper ATP plays a major role in Air Force operations in theater, providing top cover for ground forces, as well as increasing the safety of civilian populations.
“This Lot 9 increment brings total Sniper ATP sales to more than 650 pods for the U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard and 12 international air forces,” said Ken Fuhr, director of Fixed-wing Targeting Programs at Lockheed Martin. “Recent orders have also been received from Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and the Turkish Air Force.”
Lot 9 pods will be used to support additional U.S. Air Force deployments and allow the Air Force to allocate pod resources to home-station training, enabling aircrews to train with the equipment they will use in deployed operations. Deployed in theater on U.S. Air Force and coalition partner F-15, F-16, A-10 and B-1 aircraft, the Sniper ATP is the most widely used targeting pod in combat operations.
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Why are we sending such technology to enemy Islamic countries?
it’s the least Hussein can do for his pals:
Obama offers millions in Muslim technology fund
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hiACngvR3yEdcvTEeHLuh4IcXe6Q
Is this basically taking what would normally be in a reconnaissance air plane and putting the stuff in a pod and strapping them to a fighter aircraft, or any other other aircraft that you could strap them to?
Foreign Military Sales “Security Deletions” ensure this will not happen. They get a version that is dumbed-down.
Because our de facto president is an Islamic enemy.
Not really. it is more like the Targeting Pod of earlier generations. Primarily used to guiding PGMs’, among other things.
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