USAF laughs all the way to the bank (Iraqi UAVs)

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Vympel wrote: Yeah, MiG-21 or L-29 drones converted to the purpose- of course with the chemical drop tanks they had negligible range and were also air defense system fodder.
So are most drones. Those the MiG-21/L-29 conversions would be even more so I suppose, since you can shoot them down with fixed wing rather the needing a helicopter or Spitfire.
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Xenophobe3691 wrote:
CJvR wrote: It's the Confederate version of the Nazi-party. It's policy include death to niggers, the traitors in Richmond that lost the war, anyone who disagree and war on the Union. It's not quite up to the holocost madness just yet but then neither was the Nazis in the 1930'ies...
Actually, by the end of the latest book, Pinkard's started to kill off the blacks in Camp Dependable.

And, on topic, hasn't evidence for Iraq's possession of WMD's been a bit thin on the ground?
Haven't got that one yet...
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evilcat4000 wrote:Why does Sheppard like such a terrible organization anyway ?
I think since everyone thinks Shep is a quasi-fascist anyway, he's decided to adopt the regalia of a homegrown (IE Southern) fascist organization, so to speak.
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The Duchess of Zeon wrote: I think since everyone thinks Shep is a quasi-fascist anyway, he's decided to adopt the regalia of a homegrown (IE Southern) fascist organization, so to speak.
Go read the AE world. the USA is not the nice little happy happy town either.

They routinely fire cannister shot into rioting crowds from tank main guns,
and occupy Utah as a military district and shoot anyone who tries to retrieve
rubble from the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City (yes, we levelled it with
artillery and airplane bombs), we're occupying Canada, and shooting any
canucks who screw with us, and the SOCIALIST party is big in the USA
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Lucky for most people America is not an Empire like that. If it were most of worlds population would be leaving the planet
I have to tell you something everything I wrote above is a lie.
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MKSheppard wrote:
Go read the AE world. the USA is not the nice little happy happy town either.

They routinely fire cannister shot into rioting crowds from tank main guns,
and occupy Utah as a military district and shoot anyone who tries to retrieve
rubble from the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City (yes, we levelled it with
artillery and airplane bombs), we're occupying Canada, and shooting any
canucks who screw with us, and the SOCIALIST party is big in the USA
By the end of TVO the USA has excited areas where PLebiscites went against them. Also, Utah is now a full state of the Union. Quebec was granted independance. And, in any event, the CSA now gets to deal with Black suicide bombers and car bombs. The CSA is a infiniately worse place than the USA.

But back on topic. I always suspected the UAV claim was a bit thin on the ground...
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