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MineralMan

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7. The Global Hawk is a very large

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Wed Mar 7, 2012, 11:37 AM

Mar 2012

UAV that is used for reconnaisance. It's an unarmed UAV.

The military buys such systems based on anticipated needs. There's no stock of them somewhere that can be ordered from at the time of need. Right now, we need fewer of these, apparently. So, the USAF is putting them into storage. They can be re-activiated if they are needed.

It takes a long time from the time of order to the time of delivery of complex systems like the Global Hawk.

You can learn more about this surveillance UAV at this Wikipedia page if you're interested in actual information. If not, you can skip it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk

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Air Forces Mothballs $3.8 Billion Dollars 'Worth' of Global Hawk Drones [View all] unhappycamper Mar 2012 OP

sell them to Chicago for the upcoming NATO summit. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2012 #1

Nato summit has been moved toCamp David! snappyturtle Mar 2012 #5

No G8 Summit Moved From Chicago: Protesters Say They Will Still Come For NATO Vincardog Mar 2012 #11

Yes I've heard that too and I'm certain the protestors will show up snappyturtle Mar 2012 #12

I plan on going. If they arrest me for breaking an unconstitutional law, I hope the ACLU Vincardog Mar 2012 #16

Wow! Good for you...your plan and all. I think you & the ACLU will be very busy! nt snappyturtle Mar 2012 #17

aw shit--and i downloaded the metra schedule dembotoz Mar 2012 #14

put 'em in the toy stores for christmas Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #2

Don't you understand it'll save the Air Force money, except for a storage fee bahrbearian Mar 2012 #3

We already spent $3.87 billion dollars on these Global Hawks. unhappycamper Mar 2012 #8

I was being snide bahrbearian Mar 2012 #10

I think there's some small towns willing to buy them... JHB Mar 2012 #4

Military spending makes no fucking sense anymore yet the beat marches on. /nt think Mar 2012 #6

The Global Hawk is a very large MineralMan Mar 2012 #7

Here's a short article on trends in UAVs: Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #9

And another news flash: unhappycamper Mar 2012 #13

K&R think Mar 2012 #15

In other words... jmowreader Mar 2012 #18