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$1.5M, Maybe Trump should look into the cost of these. An unmanned aircraft launched Tuesday from Fort Huachuca, Arizona, lost connectivity and hasn't been found, Army officials said Friday. Soldiers from the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion -- which is part of 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division -- visiting from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, launched the RQ-7Bv2 Shadow on Tuesday evening, the release said. The aircraft took off from the Hubbard Landing Zone on Fort Huachuca's East Range before losing communication. "Despite considerable efforts to locate the missing Shadow, it has not been found and is thought to have disintegrated upon impact somewhere in the local area," the Army said in a statement. The Shadow is a rapidly deployable, short-range airborne reconnaissance system, according to the Army. It can fly for eight to nine hours and cover a distance of 125 kilometers. It weighs 450 pounds, has a wingspan of 20 feet and a fuel capacity of 58 liters. Each Shadow costs about $1.5 million. https://www.armytimes.com/arti...s-missing-in-arizona | ||
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Muzzle flash aficionado |
I just hope it had not been hijacked. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Ball Haulin' |
"Rancher Mark Brazell has reported finding the remnants of a mysterious craft on his property." -------------------------------------- "There are things we know. There are things we dont know. Then there are the things we dont know that we dont know." | |||
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Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. |
We have the technology to trace cars, trucks, phones, and laptops but we can't trace military drones? | |||
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Political Cynic |
I was one of the aircrew that spent 10 hours looking for it yesterday - 6 of it in the air at 1000 feet and 90 knots [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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Ignored facts still exist |
CAP by chance ??? . | |||
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Political Cynic |
yep [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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The Persian |
*closes garage door* Drone?!? Nope haven't seen a drone anywhere. *fidgets nervously* ------- A turbo: Exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens, and you go faster. Mr. Doom and Gloom "King in the north!" "Slow is smooth... and also slow. | |||
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I Am The Walrus |
I'd hate to be the IO for that FLIPL. _____________ | |||
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1.5M and it doesn't have some sort of a long lasting locator ping? I'm not up on drones or that technology but I would have thought it would have some kind of a locator. | |||
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Member |
Sounds like a find my drone app needs to be designed! ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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Essayons |
What the hell is an engineer battalion doing with a drone? Thanks, Sap | |||
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Armed and Gregarious |
Maybe it decided to follow Craig Button's flight plan? ___________________________________________ "He was never hindered by any dogma, except the Constitution." - Ty Ross speaking of his grandfather General Barry Goldwater "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want." - William Tecumseh Sherman | |||
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Muzzle flash aficionado |
I'm guessing they use it to perform aerial surveys for potential build sites. Back in 1972-1975 I'd have loved to have one to search for bare hills on which to locate mobile radars. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Yeah I call bs. You can get them on a $1000 Dollar commercial drone that will tell you where it is within a few feet. | |||
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We lose these things all the time. They lose connection and stop responding to pilot commands. DART (downed aircraft recovery teams) spend most of their time looking for unmanned craft. | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Not much of it left if that statement is true to send much of a signal. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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They need to spend a couple hundred on each and install an iphone so they can use the find my iphone app! | |||
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It probably fell in the crack. | |||
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Member |
I think a FLIPL has a limit in regards to the rank of the individual that lost it. O3 lost 8 pair of binos and it was written off as a property book error. PFC Snuffy lost an ACOG during a mission and got hammered. It would be interesting to see who signed for the Shadow last. | |||
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