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In response to "Did you know the US has a drone base in Ethiopia? -- (link)" by loosilu

Congratulations. You have attained a perfect score in America's Army: The Drone Missions. You have been draft. A car will be by to pick you up shortly -- nm

Posted by Mop on Macbook Air (aka rburriel) Oct 27 '11, 15:13

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I think the operator/pilots can still work out of a control uplink here in the US, the crew on site would be the maintenance guys to gas them up/arm - 2 Geisty for my Zeit Oct 27, 15:43 2
- *can*, sure, but not necessarily at peak efficiency. There are all sorts of latency issues when data has to circle the globe. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 15:44 1
  - plus targetting/killing people while on US soil just seems like it could bring up tons of issues of legality, accountability, etc. -- nm - zork Oct 27, 15:46

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