Okay, that's funny as hell.

See, Feinstein didn't say anything that wasn't already public knowledge.

These are not the drones you're looking for.

They're also patrolling the USA-Canada border along the praries.

7of7: See, Feinstein didn't say anything that wasn't already public knowledge.

but she did say something that wasn't officially acknowledged.

Bored Horde: They're also patrolling the USA-Canada border along the praries.

They're everywhere. Private companies fly the damned things to test out software.

Please, keep antagonizing the nuclear armed crazy people.

burndtdan: but she did say something that wasn't officially acknowledged.

I don't think they've ever officially acknowledged the earth is an oblique spheroid either.

Coming to a border near you: Predators with ground movement indicator radar
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Those look like WMDs!!!!!

Just because something can be externally supported by other evidence after a leak doesn't mean the leak was not harmful. See: Plame, Valerie.

Those are balls.

What's going to really freak people out is when we realize that while we THOUGHT we were just playing ace combat on xbox live, we were actually controlling predators that were dropping bombs in afghanistan....

I think Wired is wrong. If you compare the planes/drones pointed at in the picture to the vehicles parked outside the hangers, those things look larger than I think the Predators are.

Not saying Predators aren't in Pakistan, I would assume they are. Just looks to me like that's a picture of Global Hawks.

Weather balloons.

It's a streetlight.

Blah, maybe I'm wrong. Predators are bigger than I thought.

pudding7: Not saying Predators aren't in Pakistan, I would assume they are. Just looks to me like that's a picture of Global Hawks.

It doesn't really make sense to have global hawks there.

They fly high enough and far enough there is no reason to base them there. Don't look like they are small eneough to be predators to me, but wouldn;t put un money on it.

If I put a saddle on one a rode it like a horsey would it still be considered an "unmanned" aerial vehicle?

Read Wired for War by P.W. Singer to learn much more about these drones and other UAVs and robots.

Fascinating stuff.

Anne Frank is in the ATTIC!

flyingmonkeysreign: If I put a saddle on one a rode it like a horsey would it still be considered an "unmanned" aerial vehicle?

Slim Pickens wants his schtik back.

/we'll meet again
//don't know where
///don't know wheeeeeeeen

I hereby call for Google Earth's security clearance to be revoked. Clearly, Rep. Earth is leaking national secrets to make political hay and possibly financial profit. This reflects badly on Earth's entire party, including the Obama administration.

Am I doing it right, Independents ^TM?

Meant to include this...

Not An Alt: What's going to really freak people out is when we realize that while we THOUGHT we were just playing ace combat on xbox live, we were actually controlling predators that were dropping bombs in afghanistan....

ENDER....IT WASN'T JUST A GAME!!! BEAN....MY GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE!?!?!?

flyingmonkeysreign: If I put a saddle on one a rode it like a horsey would it still be considered an "unmanned" aerial vehicle?

How long do we have to wait for the Street View option with these Pakistani locations? C'mon, Google, get with it.

Google earth should be lookin for OBL instead of undermining the War on Terra™.

netweavr: They're everywhere. Private companies fly the damned things to test out software.

Just wait until they put my immigration plan in place on the southern border.

Not An Alt: What's going to really freak people out is when we realize that while we THOUGHT we were just playing ace combat on xbox live, we were actually controlling predators that were dropping bombs in afghanistan....

Paging Ender Wiggin to the thread. Ended Wiggin, please report to the thread.

\ Came for pictures of hot girls in stockings.
\\ Leaving disappointed.

NYZooMan: Anne Frank is in the ATTIC!

STILL?!

flyingmonkeysreign: If I put a saddle on one a rode it like a horsey would it still be considered an "unmanned" aerial vehicle?


Probably. You actually have to be a man.

DFWPhotoGuy: Not An Alt: What's going to really freak people out is when we realize that while we THOUGHT we were just playing ace combat on xbox live, we were actually controlling predators that were dropping bombs in afghanistan....

ENDER....IT WASN'T JUST A GAME!!! BEAN....MY GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE!?!?!?

WIN

DarnoKonrad: Weather balloons.

You know, now that Google Earth is obviously being used like this, the military should do like they did in WWII before the invasion of Normandy and have tons of fake balloon planes all over the place. Someone will pull up google earth and it'll look like a major invasion is about to go down.

Hopefully, it'll prompt the enemy to want to attack that base, which recent history is showing is a poor decison on their part.

daah...cheese weasel got us with the circle game!

So a 2006 picture shows a base that the Americans and Pakistanis both admit was open in 2006? Shocking.

pudding7: Blah, maybe I'm wrong. Predators are bigger than I thought.

Or they could be Reapers instead.

Gated Community Organizer: flyingmonkeysreign: If I put a saddle on one a rode it like a horsey would it still be considered an "unmanned" aerial vehicle?


Probably. You actually have to be a man.


I think I meet enough of the qualifications to be considered one

RainWhenIDie: Please, keep antagonizing the nuclear armed crazy people.

And that's the best summary of the Hamas manifesto that I have read in a long time. Well done.

Note: Remotely controlled = Not a Robot.

The things in that show Robot Wars... not robots. They were remote controlled cars with weapons and armor.

Question: If it doesn't carry anyone, is it vehicle? Trains, cars, boats and planes carry passengers. Is my RC car a vehicle just because it is a machine that moves around? Hmm.

It's not terrorism when we do it.

HotWingConspiracy: It's not terrorism Violation of sovereignty when we do it.

7of7: See, Feinstein didn't say anything that wasn't already public knowledge.

Can you point to any news article mentioning the mission of these UAVs and their location being based in Pakistan?

I don't understand why people are up in arms about this. The crazies are now in Pakistan. Pakistan has given us permission to do this, we have bases there. OBL and his merry gang are not dead or captured yet. Why do people want to totally pull out of the area? Even Obama agrees with me (or more like I agree with him)

/And for the record, we should have never went to Iraq.
//End that stupid debacle

HotWingConspiracy: It's not terrorism when we do it.

Ummm....I'm pretty sure Pakistan has given us some sort of secret permission if we're flying our planes out of their freaking air fields. You would think that they would notice that we've taken over one of their bases and are shipping supplies to it regularly

I'm going to LOL when Google Street View captures a picture of Osama bin Laden standing outside a cave making one of his videotapes.

Fark Me To Tears: I'm going to LOL when Google Street View captures a picture of Osama bin Laden standing outside a cave making one of his videotapes.

Better yet, TMZ.

Jubeebee: pudding7: Blah, maybe I'm wrong. Predators are bigger than I thought.

Or they could be Reapers instead.

Yeah, I came here to say that. They look to be the bigger brother of the Predator - the ones that are three times as fast and carry lots of missiles (aka the fun ones). Although it all depends on scale, I was guessing based upon the size of the hanger and runway which could be a number of sizes, really.