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US spy plane crashes in the middle east
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4119344.stm
Oh there could be so much speculation here. Shot down by Iran? Who knows. What do you guys make of it?
Oh there could be so much speculation here. Shot down by Iran? Who knows. What do you guys make of it?
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Either way... good fucknig shot to whoever got it. Nearly as good as the guy that downed that stealth in Yugo.
Yeah wonderful, a pilot dies, a wife loses her husband and his kiddies lose thier Dad, what a great fucking shot eh?
What a complete fucking turd you are.
Do you realise how small a target it would appear?
He didn't say he was happy that the plane was shot down, just that whoever did it was a good shot.
Jeez, get off the reactionary highhorse FFS
How about you stop being a twat? I am not happy a guy is dead. But lets at least admit, getting that took some skill. It seems you, assume that "good" means something is positive in any context.
They shouldn't have grounded concorde. Thing was, there were tonnes of orders for them but then the americans did a fantastic trick and because of politicians handing money under desks got everyone to buy theirs instead. (same with their starfighter) So in the end it was only france and the UK with them which means there's less demand for innovation and so the technology becomes outdated and uncompetitive which means that they fall behind which means boeing become an effective monopoly which means they charge more which means we pay more for flights, but then the british and french save the day with the A380. Woo!
Anyway, I'm a bit dubious about the crashed while landing story, I mean these are combat fighter pilots, and only the best fly a U2 really (from what I've heard), so it seems a bit peculiar for them to have an accident landing. Maybe there was a fault in the plane, but then why didn't he/she eject?
Or, I saw about a failiure in an F-15 where all systems failed completley. Even the canopy blast system failed. Pilot tried to eject, WHAM! Wakes up later with blood all over the canopy, and has to try to do something. Had to actually manually open the cannopy and get out, I beleive. Scary stuff.
Either way, I daresay in a little while more details or the truth will be reveiledto us.
those planes are notoriously unreliable
they didnt mention theres only been 30 and 40 in use in the past 20 years....
10% failure rate still, so its still a plane where you accept the extreme risks
Suppose it's a bit like the space shuttle then. Extremely high performance but prone to accidents.
Why don't they replace it. Hell, its way out of date, and the design could be so easily improved upon.
Although, it does look very cool I suppose.
Hmmm, and if (for example) the Iranians flew a spy plane in US airspace, of course America wouldn't shoot it down...........
And if, by chance, the Americans did such a nasty thing as to shoot down a spy plane, you'd be attacking anyone who said "good shot" right, pointing out that they too have a wife and kids.......
The 'junk' was part of a Continental DC-10 that took off minutes before Concorde... runway checks don't take place after every aircraft takes off!