Comments on: Air Force Shoots Down Rogue UAV http://baronshobbies.com/2009/09/air-force-shoots-down-rogue-uav/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=air-force-shoots-down-rogue-uav Your Source for RC Hobby News, Reviews, Interviews, And More! RC Helicopters- RC Airplanes- RC Gliders Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:44:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: emerson http://baronshobbies.com/2009/09/air-force-shoots-down-rogue-uav/comment-page-1/#comment-2076 emerson Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:42:03 +0000 http://baronshobbies.com/?p=771#comment-2076 Try this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82JDJNjcHZ8&feature=related Over Afghanistan. It's not THE one that was hit. But gives you an idea they can still do it. Try this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82JDJNjcHZ8&feature=related

Over Afghanistan. It’s not THE one that was hit. But gives you an idea they can still do it.

]]> By: emerson http://baronshobbies.com/2009/09/air-force-shoots-down-rogue-uav/comment-page-1/#comment-2075 emerson Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:33:56 +0000 http://baronshobbies.com/?p=771#comment-2075 Probably the most likely reason they shot it down, as you said (and personally I agree with this one), was to avoid having the thing getting into enemy hands. Although another idea comes to mind. If you had lost control of a drone, carrying high powered weapons in a hostile area. There is the possibility of running into a terrorist with the brains to take control of the thing and turn it against your own troops. And therefore, you'd want that thing out of the sky as soon as possible. Does this idea hold any water? Not really, but back around the start of the year, one of our drones was shot down in Afghanistan by an SAM. They still haven't found it. Reverse engineering? Probably the most likely reason they shot it down, as you said (and personally I agree with this one), was to avoid having the thing getting into enemy hands.

Although another idea comes to mind.

If you had lost control of a drone, carrying high powered weapons in a hostile area. There is the possibility of running into a terrorist with the brains to take control of the thing and turn it against your own troops. And therefore, you’d want that thing out of the sky as soon as possible.

Does this idea hold any water? Not really, but back around the start of the year, one of our drones was shot down in Afghanistan by an SAM. They still haven’t found it. Reverse engineering?

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