Comments on: Gates Addresses ISR, UAV Difficulties

By: NightOwlOp247365

NightOwlOp247365 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:49:20 +0000

I’m interested in becoming involved on the war against terror.
I just finished high school.what are the requirements tobecome a uav pilot and triggerfire.i want to be given the opertunity to
Prevent ied ‚attacks,amBUSH,and cover fire for troops.in order to save lives you must take.

By: Dude

Dude — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:57:27 +0000

You can’t drop without a JTAC, he’s an NCO, so why do we need an officer pilot to listen to what an NCO is telling him to do?

By: WR

WR — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:44:25 +0000

AGAIN:
“meat servo”? The origin? The meaning?

By: WR

WR — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:56:01 +0000

“meat-servo”?

By: SSGSlick

SSGSlick — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:38:58 +0000

He called them “meat servos” .. I almost sprayed my coffee …

By: Jack D. Ripper

Jack D. Ripper — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:16:06 +0000

During WWII enlisted men flew the aircraft in combat missions. These UAVs are nothing more than enormous RC models with weapons and sensors. Let the enlisted members fly them, since they can’t do any worse than the officers.

By: FOARP

FOARP — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:30:54 +0000

Check this UAV footage — the MiG 29 just pops up on this Georgian UAV and smokes it with a missile up the tailpipe.

By: Roy Smith

Roy Smith — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:55:21 +0000

We need to completely abandon manned systems,both air,ground,&sea,altogether for "killer" robots & cyborg "super" soldiers,each armed with phaser rifles.Because our enemy will still [foolishly] deploy "humans",our "killer" robots & cyborg "super" soldiers can say to them,"stupid humans,resistance is futile.""Your evil eye is complete.""War kittens???"Maybe we need autonomous robotic UAVs & UCAVs like the Cylon "Raiders" on Battlestar Galactica. There was an article on Strategy page.com about the UAV operators having problems staying awake during the UAVs' 4 hour plus air missions.So obviously autonomous UAV systems would make sense."By your Command."

By: TB

TB — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:26:22 +0000

Interesting concept Ron. 600,000 service members have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. How many have been convicted of murder? Pretty sure you can count them on your fingers and toes.
If you’re here for a mature discussion, reducing collateral damage is a concern about UAV development. UAVs capable of firing missiles and bombs require someone of fairly high rank to pull the trigger. Enlisted personnel only fly them and operate the sensors.

By: ron pond

ron pond — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:48:43 +0000

I think that UAV’s should be used as surveillance type aircraft Only. then the army can use enlisted personel to fly them. but if you put weapons on a UAV’s then you are asking for untold head-aches because you can create problems where if there is a manned aircraft in its place wrongful deaths of innocent people might be averted. and again don’t you think we have enough soldiers comming up on charges of murder,or down right brutality as it is. we don’t need any more heros turned killers as some of our doves see it.