'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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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

[famoksaiyanfriends] Global Hawk Arrives on Guam 무인 비행기 글로벌 호크 괌 도착

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Pacific News Center
Global Hawk Arrives on Guam
David Macaluso
Monday, 20 September 2010

Guam-Andersen Air Force Base officially unveiled the first Global Hawk to be deployed at Andersen Monday. It is an unmanned intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft.

The Air Force says that 2 more Global Hawks will eventually be deployed to Andersen. Another arrives later this year and the third early next year.

The Global Hawk has a wing span of 116 feet and a range of 9500 nautical miles. It can fly at an altitude of 60,000 feet and remain in flight for 30 hours. The Air Force says that expands mission capabilities because it frees them from the need to change out flight crews. Flight controllers on the ground can be easily switched out while the Global Hawk is still in the air.

Global Hawks transmit real-time reconnaissance information back to controllers.

The Air Force 9th Operations Group Detachment 3 at Andersen will launch and recover the aircraft while the bulk of missions will be controlled by pilots at Beale Air Force Base in California.

Pacific Air Force Commander General Gary North says "The intelligence and information gathered can be instantly be downloaded to the distribution ground station to be processed, exported and disbursed intelligence officials who are responsible for making important real time decisions."

Although the media might refer to the Global Hawk as a "drone" North disagrees with that term. He says there is always a "pilot" in control on the ground, while the aircraft is in the air. North says there has been an evolution from the historical drones used years ago, which are now being replaced by the kind of technology embodied in the Global Hawk.

When asked if the Global Hawk was brought to Guam to monitor China and North Korea, General North said "there's no one key country we are watching."

"If you look at the map of the Pacific," said North, "Guam is in the perfect location for this platform. You can fly in any direction, north, south, east or west and the Global Hawk can give us the capacity to execute humanitarian or military missions in this region."


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