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From: deichman@cod.nosc.mil (Shane D. Deichman)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Drones in Iraq?
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Date: 6 Feb 91 03:00:00 GMT
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From: deichman@cod.nosc.mil (Shane D. Deichman)

>From: jackson@ttidcc.tti.com (Dick Jackson)
>
>
>I seems to remember that Israel used remotely piloted aircraft to good
>effect during their last war. Does the "good guy alliance" have a drone
>capability? I haven't heard of their use in Iraq, what is the effect
>range of such things, and what can they do besides reconaissance?
>

Yes, the Israelis used drones very effectively in the Yom Kippur War
in 1973.  I believe one of the configurations was sending up a drone
with a radar reflector on it (perhaps even an IFF transmitter) and
flying it into Syrian airspace.  When the Syrian SAM radars lit up
to track the "ingressing fighter," other drones intercepted the signals
and relayed the SAM posits to Israeli arty.  So much for Syrian air
defenses....

As for the present conflagration, I read this morning that drones 
were used by Big Mo to guide her Yugo-sized projectiles onto the
command bunkers in Kuwait.  After impact, the drones provided damage
assessment to allied personnel.

-shane

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