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    DND Details of New Afghanistan Kit

    Sperwer reliability? Well it could be better and Duey's post hits it right on the head. We went with what we got and we were well outside the published flight envelop. The height in Kabul coupled with the mountains and the wind effected the takeoff weight and the landing accuracy. That really...
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    UAVs....... hand me downs?

    Sperwer isn't the only one we are getting, so the CF is definately not limiting itself to a TUAV. The plan is to get a "Family of UAVs" from the small Micro level all the way up to the MALE type. Sperwer was just the first one we purchased because the Army wanted it yesterday. The others are...
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    UAVs....... hand me downs?

    Yes, they have massive ability for payload and endurance. But like you said they have problems with winds (interestingly one of the probs of using for surv in the north), they present a big target, and they are pretty slow, which makes them tactically less then ideal. They would be good for...
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    UAVs....... hand me downs?

    Haha there is an idea. Actually I was thinking about that earlier for a different problem (extending the VHF ranges). We can extend the range of the LOS by using another Air Vehicle. Essentially one flies over the camp (or half way there) and relays control of the further veh. This overcomes...
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    UAVs....... hand me downs?

    The Global Hawk is way to big and expensive for our Military (IMHO). I don't think they are even considering it. We would be much better of getting something in the MALE category (such as the Predator B or the IAI heron). But I do agree that the US is the way to go Israel a very, very close...
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    UAVs....... hand me downs?

    Yup, the Sperwer is definately Line of Site operations. One of the big probs we had in Kabul. It will be interesting to see if they buy any stuff off the Dutch as the two systems are very different. Maint nightmare to say the least and now that the AF has the responsibility for them, I wonder if...
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