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US drone strike kills 15 civilians in Yemen by mistake

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Re: US drone strike kills 15 civilians in Yemen by mistake

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Post by ck2 »

Wait, ANOTHER wedding? Didn't we do this a year or two ago also?

We just wiped out 15 completely innocent people? Destroying their lives and their families forever?

Can you imagine the holy hell if a foreign government did that in a US city?

Shut down all armed drones. Review the entire use of them from top to bottom. This isn't a video game, there is no do-over.

Re: US drone strike kills 15 civilians in Yemen by mistake

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Post by toomuchtodo »

ck2 wrote: post #2

Wait, ANOTHER wedding? Didn't we do this a year or two ago also? We just wiped out 15 completely innocent people? Destroying their lives and their families forever? Can you imagine the holy hell if a foreign government did that in a US city? Shut down all armed drones. Review the entire use of them from top to bottom. This isn't a video game, there is no do-over.

Difficulty level of jamming the HF uplink Predator and Global Hawk drones use?

EDIT: 5 minutes with Google:

http://uscrow.org/2013/08/05/how-to-kill-predator-drones-uav...

"Predator Drone UAVs communicate with line of sight radio in Mil C-Band 500-1000 MHz. Communication between the UAV Operator and the Predator Drone, which can be jammed with a spark-gap (the space between electrical terminals that allows for the transient discharge pass) radio. A spark-gap transmitter is a device for generating radio frequency and electromagnetic waves using a spark gap. Surprisingly, 90% of all military ops are performed using C-Band."

"If you weren’t paying attention, this means the predator drones utilize the same commercial civilian technology used to transmit television signals. Using simple commercial equipment such as Skygrabber you can jam the communications, blinding the operator and sending a signal to the UAV to return back to base or engage a holding pattern until retrieved. This entirely assumes the SSAAS system hasn’t been fully implemented highlighted in the article previously mentioned. You can read more about Skygrabber by clicking here."

The insanity of nonchalant accidental drone killings of foreign nationals has got to stop.

Re: US drone strike kills 15 civilians in Yemen by mistake

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Post by MrZongle2 »

ck2 wrote: post #2

Wait, ANOTHER wedding? Didn't we do this a year or two ago also? We just wiped out 15 completely innocent people? Destroying their lives and their families forever? Can you imagine the holy hell if a foreign government did that in a US city? Shut down all armed drones. Review the entire use of them from top to bottom. This isn't a video game, there is no do-over.

Can you imagine the holy hell if a foreign government did that in a US city?

After the events of the last year, I don't have that much trouble imagining the US government doing that in a US city.

Re: US drone strike kills 15 civilians in Yemen by mistake

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Post by MartinCron »

ck2 wrote: post #2

Wait, ANOTHER wedding? Didn't we do this a year or two ago also? We just wiped out 15 completely innocent people? Destroying their lives and their families forever? Can you imagine the holy hell if a foreign government did that in a US city? Shut down all armed drones. Review the entire use of them from top to bottom. This isn't a video game, there is no do-over.

Can you imagine the holy hell if a foreign government did that in a US city?

You've just stepped into that intellectual minefield that's called "American Exceptionalism". Enjoy your stay.

Re: US drone strike kills 15 civilians in Yemen by mistake

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Post by agravier »

MrZongle2 wrote: post #4
ck2 wrote: post #2

Wait, ANOTHER wedding? Didn't we do this a year or two ago also? We just wiped out 15 completely innocent people? Destroying their lives and their families forever? Can you imagine the holy hell if a foreign government did that in a US city? Shut down all armed drones. Review the entire use of them from top to bottom. This isn't a video game, there is no do-over.

Can you imagine the holy hell if a foreign government did that in a US city? After the events of the last year, I don't have that much trouble imagining the US government doing that in a US city.

It would be better accepted. The same way as the murder of a X citizen by another X citizen would be less of a fuss than the murder of a X-ian by a Y-ian.

Re: US drone strike kills 15 civilians in Yemen by mistake

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Post by pekk »

MartinCron wrote: post #6
ck2 wrote: post #2

Wait, ANOTHER wedding? Didn't we do this a year or two ago also? We just wiped out 15 completely innocent people? Destroying their lives and their families forever? Can you imagine the holy hell if a foreign government did that in a US city? Shut down all armed drones. Review the entire use of them from top to bottom. This isn't a video game, there is no do-over.

Can you imagine the holy hell if a foreign government did that in a US city? You've just stepped into that intellectual minefield that's called "American Exceptionalism". Enjoy your stay.

"American exceptionalism" does not mean "America is an exception to rules" (whatever those rules might be)
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