'저는 그들의 땅을 지키기 위하여 싸웠던 인디안들의 이야기를 기억합니다. 백인들이 그들의 신성한 숲에 도로를 만들기 위하여 나무들을 잘랐습니다. 매일밤 인디안들이 나가서 백인들이 만든 그 길을 해체하면 그 다음 날 백인들이 와서 도로를 다시 짓곤 했습니다. 한동안 그 것이 반복되었습니다. 그러던 어느날, 숲에서 가장 큰 나무가 백인들이 일할 동안 그들 머리 위로 떨어져 말과 마차들을 파괴하고 그들 중 몇몇을 죽였습니다. 그러자 백인들은 떠났고 결코 다시 오지 않았습니다….' (브루스 개그논)





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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Text Fwd: US Develops Drones To Penetrate, Destroy Air Defenses

* Informed in StopNATO*
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/112240.php
Tucson Citizen
March 17, 2009
Raytheon unveils missile decoy
B. POOLE

Raytheon Missile Systems and the U.S. Air Force on Monday announced the delivery
of an that is expected to keep pilots safer.

The Miniature Air Launched Decoy, MALD for short, is a 10-foot-long, 250-pound
missile-like craft that can fly into enemy territory and trigger radar
installations, making them visible so they can be destroyed.

"This program is very important because it replaces manned aircraft that would
fly into harm's way," said Ken Watson, the Air Force program director for the
drone.

The craft mimics the radar signature of an F-4G "Wild Weasel," a fighter that
has long been used to trigger radar. The idea is that the unmanned craft "lights
up" the radar, which can then be destroyed by other aircraft, Watson said.

The first of 154 units came off the assembly line Monday, and another contract
for 154 is in negotiations, said Scott Muse, Raytheon's program manager for the
project.

"Potentially more than 3,000 MALDs will be sold," Muse said.

The project has been in development for more than a decade. After initial
engineering and design, the first successful test took place in 1999.

The MALD can be launched from either an F-16 fighter or a B-52 bomber. The drone
is pre-programmed before flight, Watson said.

"No one's controlling it in the air," he said.

Watson declined to give a cost for the program or the drones, saying only that
the cost is public record. The cost was not immediately available Monday
afternoon, though in 2003 Raytheon estimated the cost at $75,000-$125,000 per
unit.

About 150 Raytheon employees are working on the project in Tucson, Muse said.
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