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soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Wed Aug 19, 2020, 12:46 PM Aug 2020

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Two US drones collide and crash over Idlib, Syria, defense official says

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Two US drones collide and crash over Idlib, Syria, defense official says

Two U.S. drones collide and crash over Idlib, Syria, defense official says
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Two US drones collide and crash over Idlib, Syria, defense official says (Original Post) soothsayer Aug 2020 OP

So Which Country Will Send A Salvage Team To Recover The Wreckage And..... global1 Aug 2020 #1

Keystone cops. We're completely incompetent anymore Walleye Aug 2020 #2

Another benefit of remote control warfare. The "Top Gun pilots" of these drones just.... EarnestPutz Aug 2020 #3

The controllers on the ground thought they were playing Space Invaders. lpbk2713 Aug 2020 #4

global1

(25,266 posts)

1. So Which Country Will Send A Salvage Team To Recover The Wreckage And.....

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Wed Aug 19, 2020, 12:48 PM

Aug 2020

reverse engineer these drones?

Russia, China, Iran, N. Korea, Switzerland?

Walleye

(31,043 posts)

2. Keystone cops. We're completely incompetent anymore

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Wed Aug 19, 2020, 12:53 PM

Aug 2020

EarnestPutz

(2,120 posts)

3. Another benefit of remote control warfare. The "Top Gun pilots" of these drones just....

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Wed Aug 19, 2020, 01:04 PM

Aug 2020

....punch out at the end of their shift and go home to the wife and kids, this time without having blown up a wedding party or a bus full of kids.

lpbk2713

(42,766 posts)

4. The controllers on the ground thought they were playing Space Invaders.

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Wed Aug 19, 2020, 01:06 PM

Aug 2020

"Whoa. My bad dude."

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