Just thought i'd give ya'll a heads up about a show called Tactical to Practical thats on tonight at 9/8pm central time.Its about UAV'S.

i like to watch mail call

R.LEE ERMY is pretty funny...lol.

Regarding UAV's, my take:

UAV's are definitely the way things are going for both recon and attack aircraft.

Right now, there seems no stopping the proliferation of UAVs, fuelled by their runaway success in the Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraqi conflicts.

The obvious attraction of UAVs is that they don't put pilots' lives at risk. They are now the norm for many reconnaissance missions - and are being used at an ever increasing rate for attack missions.

It is also now unclassified information - albeit obscure, that DARPA is researching the use of nuclear powered UAV's that can patrol the skies not for hours or days, but for months on end.

Nuclear powered UAV's?

How: Military funded research has found that by shining X-rays onto certain types of hafnium they could get it to release 60 times as much energy as they put in.

DARPA has since been looking at ways in which this form of quantum nucleonics could be used for propulsion.

One moral question that arises from such a propulsion method is of course; should the enemy shoot down such a craft is he in effect detonating a "dirty bomb" in his own backyard?

At any rate, moral issues notwithstanding - - to have UAV's constantly flying over a region would amount to a new form of military intimidation, especially if they were armed to their robotic teeth.

just a thought...
intelgurl

PS: do I talk too much?

[Edited on 14-10-2003 by intelgurl]

Lol...Nah you don't talk too much Intelgurl.Youv'e posted some good info.Right now it seems theyre best for reconaissance.Still a bit risky for attack missions in urban cities.Maybe in 10-15yrs we might have a true dedicated attack UAV that wont cause heavy collateral damage.

History Channel is probably my favorite channel i get. Do you know of any conspiracy related tv shows or channels that you can get on like a satellite. I dont mean on the internet. They should have one shouldnt they. Or do you know of any channels that have current science news like what we talk about here at ATS. Yeah, I did see that commercial for that tactical to practical, it looked pretty good to me. Well if any of you know of any good show/channels email or U2U me. Or you can always post it on this thread I guess. But there is no guarantee that I will see it.

I've always been on cable.Your'e best bet for conspiracy related programs would probably Sci-fi channel and History channel.Techtv just started a 30min show called Conspiracies.Look around for it.