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fromxtor · 10-21-2007, 11:23 AM

A maintenance Airman inspects an MQ-9 Reaper in Afghanistan Oct. 1. Capable of striking enemy targets with on-board weapons, the Reaper has conducted close air support and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

An MQ-9 Reaper takes off on a mission in Afghanistan Oct. 1. The MQ-9 has nearly nine times the range, can fly twice as high and carries more munitions than the MQ-1 Predator.

Aircrews perform a preflight check on an MQ-9 Reaper before it takes off on a mission in Afghanistan Oct. 1. The Reaper is larger and more heavily-armed than the MQ-1 Predator and attacks time-sensitive targets with persistence and precision, to destroy or disable those targets.

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on a ramp in Afghanistan Oct. 1. The Reaper is launched, recovered and maintained at deployed locations, while being remotely operated by pilots and sensor operators at Creech Air Force Base, Nev.

An MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle prepares to land at Balad Air Base, Iraq, after a combat mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Predator aircraft fly intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Air Force Predator missions contributed to the 28 ISR missions flown Aug. 18.

Fully armed reaper.

http://www.air-attack.com/php/displ_...mq-9_armed.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQ-9_Reaper

I really like the idea of us going toward more and more UAVs. Not only is this helping our brothers and sisters in the USMC,Navy,and Army on the ground alive, it is also keeping our pilots alive.

I know I would be pissed if I was one of the enemy and got killed by a remote controlled airplane.

rps13drift · 10-21-2007, 11:26 AM

That thing is realy fucking awesome!

**ThatGuy** · 10-21-2007, 11:35 AM

It's only a matter of time before there will be a robot performing the duties of the ground troops. Controlled by a young man/woman thousands of miles away... playing HALO 6.

Technology is cool.

fromxtor · 10-21-2007, 11:36 AM

^^ Dammit Barry I can only posi you so many times in one day. I LOL'd

MavericStephenc · 10-21-2007, 11:38 AM

Barry one of my friends who is leaving for boot soon signed up for the uav mos cool stuff though halo 6 lol

OptionZero · 10-21-2007, 11:41 AM

i keep thinking of skylinks from the terminator movies

i dont wanna see any of my friends overseas get hurt

but i'm wary of handing off such destructive capability to a buncha computers
i hope theres some quintple redundancy over the control systems

**ThatGuy** · 10-21-2007, 11:41 AM

UAV's are very cool.

I heard somewhere that some of the Predators being flown in Afghanistan, were actually being piloted from a base here in the states. CRAZY!

Antihero983 · 10-21-2007, 11:54 AM

dude, its called the fucking reaper. for that reason alone, i want one.

oh and since i have halo3 (6 isnt out yet

) ill fly it and headshot it from the comfort of my recliner.

wait....

.........do you think theyll mind if i paint it flat black?!

Koopa Troopa · 10-21-2007, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ThatGuy

UAV's are very cool.

I heard somewhere that some of the Predators being flown in Afghanistan, were actually being piloted from a base here in the states. CRAZY!

Dude, being a military man yourself should have raised the bullshit flag on that. We can't even get AFN to work longer than 30 minutes muchless pilot a radio controlled aircraft with live munitions.

I'm sure the guy piloting R/C planes in a combat zone behind his desk in Nevada is the same guy telling boots he's an underwater sniper or an in flight missile tech.

Technology and the goverment? Uh, I'll pass.

fromxtor · 10-21-2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by OptionZero

i keep thinking of skylinks from the terminator movies

i dont wanna see any of my friends overseas get hurt

but i'm wary of handing off such destructive capability to a buncha computers
i hope theres some quintple redundancy over the control systems

I'm sure the individuals are well trained for the job, as shown by the targeting pod on the front of the aircraft I would say its as accurate as a weapons officer aiming it from an actual jet. Laser guided bombs are extremely accurate w/ gps and all. Probably more steady, and w/o the fatigue pilots experience.

I think this unit brings new meaning to "silent, but deadly".

[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=NNq44djwCSo[/ame]

**ThatGuy** · 10-21-2007, 12:05 PM

Yeah, I figurerd as much Koopa, but I couldn't be sure.

rican_nick · 10-21-2007, 12:07 PM

one of my buddy's in the air force flies one of these things.. i was looking for the pics of he sent me of his "desk" with all the controls and monitors and crap.. shit is pretty crazy.

10-21-2007, 12:18 PM

will it help us find osama?

no, it wont.

the_end

**ThatGuy** · 10-21-2007, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ixfxi

will it help us find osama?

no, it wont.

the_end

Maybe you should hook it up with some HIDs, Mike.

That's bound to help.

Koopa Troopa · 10-21-2007, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ThatGuy

Yeah, I figurerd as much Koopa, but I couldn't be sure.

Not to mention I'm sure Airman Jackass will be more focused on trying to find a way to connect to Zilvia via satellite then he will be trying to pilot his aircraft...

**ThatGuy** · 10-21-2007, 12:54 PM

Well that goes without saying. Who wouldn't want to get on Zilvia?

Well besides the people from "other" sites that think we're all assholes.

This makes me want to build an R/C 240sx so I can send it to the "other" websites car meets. No sense in putting Zilvians in harms way of becoming un-informed and not caring about proper offsets and ride height..

MavericStephenc · 10-21-2007, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThatGuy

Well that goes without saying. Who wouldn't want to get on Zilvia?

Well besides the people from "other" sites that think we're all assholes.

This makes me want to build an R/C 240sx so I can send it to the "other" websites car meets. No sense in putting Zilvians in harms way of becoming un-informed and not caring about proper offsets and ride height..

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedEvilRPS13

dude, its called the fucking reaper. for that reason alone, i want one.

oh and since i have halo3 (6 isnt out yet

) ill fly it and headshot it from the comfort of my recliner.

wait....

.........do you think theyll mind if i paint it flat black?!

you guys are awesome

+1 for strapping hid's to it

jackjack · 10-21-2007, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThatGuy

It's only a matter of time before there will be a robot performing the duties of the ground troops. Controlled by a young man/woman thousands of miles away... playing HALO 6.

Technology is cool.

+1. "terminator" future...... here we come.

cdlong · 10-21-2007, 04:27 PM

sorry guys, all UAVs are flown out of nevada, including the predator and global hawk. i've heard close in support (take off, landing, taxiing) are done on site, but i'm not sure. sure, AFN blows but it's a different system, and i already get zilvia in my office.

i think these are our best bet of finding Osama, usually the first indicator that one of these is in the area is that you're dead.

and none of those guys in the pictures were Airmen, they were all contractors or DoD civilians.

Agamemnon · 10-21-2007, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by cdlong

and none of those guys in the pictures were Airmen, they were all contractors or DoD civilians.

I was wondering why they were wearing jeans.

**ThatGuy** · 10-21-2007, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cdlong

sorry guys, all UAVs are flown out of nevada, including the predator and global hawk. i've heard close in support (take off, landing, taxiing) are done on site, but i'm not sure. sure, AFN blows but it's a different system, and i already get zilvia in my office.

I'll be damned, I was right.

+Rep for the clarification.

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Originally Posted by Agamemnon

I was wondering why they were wearing jeans.

Well, it IS the Airforce.

I'm kidding!

cdlong · 10-21-2007, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ThatGuy

Well, it IS the Airforce.

hey now! ...no, nevermind, we're lazy bastards.

one guy in the video even had a mohawk.

cgtdream · 10-21-2007, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by tylerdurden007

+1. "terminator" future...... here we come.

beat me to a terminator ref....anywho, makes me wonder when skynet will takeover

ms!3 · 10-21-2007, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ThatGuy

Well, it IS the Airforce.

I'm kidding!

haha, just a little bit of friendly competition from the marine corps. woot

2ilvia · 10-21-2007, 09:31 PM

i kinda want to call BS on the video, no actual footage of it leaving the ground, and no real footage of it flying there was a shot of some wing of some plane, but maybe its just bad editing

eastcoastS14 · 10-22-2007, 12:22 AM

lol how many more ways can we come up to kill people?

some of the inventions the military comes out with are really amazing....incredibly ingenious....just wish they never actually had to take peoples lives with them....unfortunately that is not the world we live in

cdlong · 10-22-2007, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by 2ilvia

i kinda want to call BS on the video, no actual footage of it leaving the ground, and no real footage of it flying there was a shot of some wing of some plane, but maybe its just bad editing

what are you calling BS on, that the plane exists? that it can fly? this plane has been running operational missions for a couple months now. it's just an evolution of the predator B which was of course an evolution of the original predator. the predator B was responsible for a high level AQI kill like 2 years ago. nothing revolutionary going on here.

Kn1ves · 10-22-2007, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by eastcoastS14

lol how many more ways can we come up to kill people?

some of the inventions the military comes out with are really amazing....incredibly ingenious....just wish they never actually had to take peoples lives with them....unfortunately that is not the world we live in

they have that big microwave ray gun thing.. but its non-lethal

suppose to heat ur skin to 120degrees to give u a burning sensation

and probably make u sterile for the rest of ur life

10-22-2007, 01:20 PM

http://www.zilvia.net/f/image.php?u=...ine=1191952277

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

i'm sorry, i dont know who you are. what are you, like a moderator or something?

SERIOUSLY, why on earth do your images have to be THAT_BIG, THAT_GUY?

we need to reset the standards here and trim everyone's sigs/avatars. i'm on a massive monitor and all this shit just takes up too much space. besides, i think its safe to say that everyone knows that you and philip are moderators! do people still have problems recognizing this?

fromxtor · 10-22-2007, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kn1ves

they have that big microwave ray gun thing.. but its non-lethal

suppose to heat ur skin to 120degrees to give u a burning sensation

and probably make u sterile for the rest of ur life

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_laser
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/abl/
http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/program/abl.htm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/abl.htm

^^My brother does testing on this, I got to see it last time I visited him but the cooling stand was covering the laser on the front.

10-21-2007, 11:23 AM	#1
fromxtor Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NC Age: 44 Posts: 3,012 Trader Rating: (23) Feedback Score: 23 reviews	Air Force's hunter-killer UAV now flying in Afghanistan (no56k) A maintenance Airman inspects an MQ-9 Reaper in Afghanistan Oct. 1. Capable of striking enemy targets with on-board weapons, the Reaper has conducted close air support and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. An MQ-9 Reaper takes off on a mission in Afghanistan Oct. 1. The MQ-9 has nearly nine times the range, can fly twice as high and carries more munitions than the MQ-1 Predator. Aircrews perform a preflight check on an MQ-9 Reaper before it takes off on a mission in Afghanistan Oct. 1. The Reaper is larger and more heavily-armed than the MQ-1 Predator and attacks time-sensitive targets with persistence and precision, to destroy or disable those targets. An MQ-9 Reaper sits on a ramp in Afghanistan Oct. 1. The Reaper is launched, recovered and maintained at deployed locations, while being remotely operated by pilots and sensor operators at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. An MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle prepares to land at Balad Air Base, Iraq, after a combat mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Predator aircraft fly intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Air Force Predator missions contributed to the 28 ISR missions flown Aug. 18. Fully armed reaper. http://www.air-attack.com/php/displ_...mq-9_armed.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQ-9_Reaper I really like the idea of us going toward more and more UAVs. Not only is this helping our brothers and sisters in the USMC,Navy,and Army on the ground alive, it is also keeping our pilots alive. I know I would be pissed if I was one of the enemy and got killed by a remote controlled airplane. __________________ Seller feedback>>http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.p...light=fromxtor Last edited by fromxtor; 10-21-2007 at 11:25 AM.. Reason: needed title to reflect the non 56kness of this thread.

10-21-2007, 11:26 AM	#2
rps13drift Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ BRO!!!! Age: 39 Posts: 1,194 Trader Rating: (6) Rides Gallery: rps13drift Feedback Score: 6 reviews	That thing is realy fucking awesome! __________________ http://allies-drift.blogspot.com/

10-21-2007, 11:35 AM	#3
ThatGuy Admin Asshole Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Retired Age: 45 Posts: 20,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ThatGuy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	It's only a matter of time before there will be a robot performing the duties of the ground troops. Controlled by a young man/woman thousands of miles away... playing HALO 6. Technology is cool. __________________ "Speak softly,..." -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "Be polite, be professional, ..." -Gen. James Mattis

10-21-2007, 11:36 AM	#4
fromxtor Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NC Age: 44 Posts: 3,012 Trader Rating: (23) Feedback Score: 23 reviews	^^ Dammit Barry I can only posi you so many times in one day. I LOL'd __________________ Seller feedback>>http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.p...light=fromxtor

10-21-2007, 11:38 AM	#5
MavericStephenc Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: salem mass. Age: 37 Posts: 830 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Barry one of my friends who is leaving for boot soon signed up for the uav mos cool stuff though halo 6 lol __________________ That kind of attitude is SHIT. People with that kind of complacent outlook on law and government are the bane of this country's existence. -Thesquidd Boycott Berkeley and code pink

10-21-2007, 11:41 AM	#6
OptionZero Post Whore! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Norcal Age: 41 Posts: 6,263 Trader Rating: (2) Rides Gallery: OptionZero Feedback Score: 2 reviews	i keep thinking of skylinks from the terminator movies i dont wanna see any of my friends overseas get hurt but i'm wary of handing off such destructive capability to a buncha computers i hope theres some quintple redundancy over the control systems

10-21-2007, 11:54 AM	#8
Antihero983 Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilmanton, NH Age: 40 Posts: 4,409 Trader Rating: (2) Rides Gallery: Antihero983 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	dude, its called the fucking reaper. for that reason alone, i want one. oh and since i have halo3 (6 isnt out yet ) ill fly it and headshot it from the comfort of my recliner. wait.... .........do you think theyll mind if i paint it flat black?! __________________ "So here I am, right back at it again, just like I've always been"

10-21-2007, 12:05 PM	#11
ThatGuy Admin Asshole Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Retired Age: 45 Posts: 20,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ThatGuy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yeah, I figurerd as much Koopa, but I couldn't be sure. __________________ "Speak softly,..." -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "Be polite, be professional, ..." -Gen. James Mattis

10-21-2007, 12:07 PM	#12
rican_nick Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Augusta, GA Age: 42 Posts: 1,204 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	one of my buddy's in the air force flies one of these things.. i was looking for the pics of he sent me of his "desk" with all the controls and monitors and crap.. shit is pretty crazy. __________________ Nick O. 97 240sx My Seller's Review Thread

10-21-2007, 12:18 PM	#13
ixfxi Guest Posts: n/a	will it help us find osama? no, it wont. the_end

10-21-2007, 12:54 PM	#16
ThatGuy Admin Asshole Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Retired Age: 45 Posts: 20,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ThatGuy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Well that goes without saying. Who wouldn't want to get on Zilvia? Well besides the people from "other" sites that think we're all assholes. This makes me want to build an R/C 240sx so I can send it to the "other" websites car meets. No sense in putting Zilvians in harms way of becoming un-informed and not caring about proper offsets and ride height.. __________________ "Speak softly,..." -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "Be polite, be professional, ..." -Gen. James Mattis

10-21-2007, 04:27 PM	#19
cdlong Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Colorado Springs Age: 44 Posts: 1,865 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: cdlong Feedback Score: 0 reviews	sorry guys, all UAVs are flown out of nevada, including the predator and global hawk. i've heard close in support (take off, landing, taxiing) are done on site, but i'm not sure. sure, AFN blows but it's a different system, and i already get zilvia in my office. i think these are our best bet of finding Osama, usually the first indicator that one of these is in the area is that you're dead. and none of those guys in the pictures were Airmen, they were all contractors or DoD civilians. __________________ Last edited by cdlong; 10-21-2007 at 05:02 PM..

10-21-2007, 09:31 PM	#25
2ilvia Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: norhio Posts: 627 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	i kinda want to call BS on the video, no actual footage of it leaving the ground, and no real footage of it flying there was a shot of some wing of some plane, but maybe its just bad editing __________________ S14- soon to be powered by 24v cummins- 450lbs tq

10-22-2007, 12:22 AM	#26
eastcoastS14 Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: the land of snow potholes and no tracks Posts: 3,984 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	lol how many more ways can we come up to kill people? some of the inventions the military comes out with are really amazing....incredibly ingenious....just wish they never actually had to take peoples lives with them....unfortunately that is not the world we live in

10-22-2007, 01:20 PM	#29
ixfxi Guest Posts: n/a	http://www.zilvia.net/f/image.php?u=...ine=1191952277 hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i'm sorry, i dont know who you are. what are you, like a moderator or something? SERIOUSLY, why on earth do your images have to be THAT_BIG, THAT_GUY? we need to reset the standards here and trim everyone's sigs/avatars. i'm on a massive monitor and all this shit just takes up too much space. besides, i think its safe to say that everyone knows that you and philip are moderators! do people still have problems recognizing this?