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0 pointsmunin12y ago0 comments

what?! that's an argument for more unmanned planes. imagine if the RQ-170 had been a manned spy plane and Iran had captured a human pilot.

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andrewflnr12y ago· 1 in thread

A manned plane probably wouldn't have been tricked.

tsotha12y ago

The drone may not have been tricked either. It may have simply crashed.

VLM12y ago

LOL modern pilots are a little GPS focused and not as good at dead reckoning and pilotage as the olden days, and deserts are kind of featureless, but tricking a human into landing on the wrong side of the front lines is a pretty unlikely outcome.

TsiCClawOfLight12y ago

A human pilot wouldn't have done this.

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