| Possible UAV materials are infinite: Foam, | | | | in it is not very funny if dispersed into a large city. |
| Composite, Balsa Wood, Plastic, Synthetic Balloon | | | | These technologies are available and are or have |
| Material, Aluminum, Titanium, Spider Web Organic | | | | been in all the arsenals of the Axis of Evil |
| Material, etc. I propose some late breaking | | | | Countries. am not the only person worried of this. |
| technology and newer materials, ceramic coatings | | | | UAVs that we build need to be light-weight, good |
| and or UAVs built from photorefractive | | | | payload, stealthy and agile. But the enemy due to |
| composites? Materials such as this: Weight, stealth, | | | | cost may decide to build a huge number of cheap |
| parasite drag, induced drag, boundary layers, and | | | | units and bet on the numbers rather than |
| performance, NASA is looking into this as well for | | | | survivability, so can we defeat a swarm of |
| other uses; there are some really awesome | | | | these? Very similar scenario, which scared all |
| practitioners, which have it all figured out, UAV | | | | American's during the cold war, shooting down |
| manufacturing companies have come alive in the | | | | multiple ICBM warheads which scatter and attack |
| last decade; even Plastics are used in UAVs | | | | pre-assigned cities. Some UAV enemy strategies |
| especially the smaller ones. The larger UAV are | | | | include a different approach to the notion of single |
| made out of just about anything you can imagine. | | | | mission non-recovery theory as many academics |
| We are not the only ones learning about what to | | | | have eluded to in the reports online.I would have |
| make these out of and we are not the only | | | | to agree that money to buy the units is a big |
| country capable of making them, many other | | | | factor as our Congress appropriated much monies |
| countries are trying new things also. So it is | | | | to the predator program for DHS and Military, |
| important to be the best at it and have ways to | | | | smart move. Coast Guard, Boarder Patrol, etc.but |
| shoot down enemy UAVs. Recently there was a | | | | if a UAV does not do very much in the way of |
| major news story in the media about the FBI | | | | surveillance or ordinance delivery due to payloads |
| working on finding espionage theft of secret | | | | in smaller non-predator type UAVs then a smart |
| research. One spokesmen, head of the group in | | | | bomb maybe a better way to go once air |
| Mountain View, CA, said next to International | | | | defenses have been taken out of the equation. |
| Terrorism it is the FBI's number 2 priority as the | | | | Which is why we are well served to have both |
| loss of important research is leaving the country | | | | technologies available to us. Of course it also |
| way too fast; citing that our trading partners and | | | | depends how many targets, time frame and |
| allies were also spying on us; Chinese, Israel, | | | | economies of scale when it comes to the logistical |
| Japan, Pakistan, Iran. And you only have to read | | | | costs of movements of people, fuel, food, |
| the news occasionally to know this is a real issue. | | | | weapons and power.Every mission should have a |
| Top Secret means about 6 months until it is all | | | | cost benefit and a goal oriented solution, that of |
| over the Internet. Classified means 3 months | | | | course being the name of the game, to win it. |
| before some reporter gets a hold of it and it is | | | | UAVs provide options, lower costs over all and |
| for this reason that UAV technologies are so | | | | smart planning and curtail loss of life on both sides. |
| dangerous and why we must keep up the | | | | Single mission UAVs, small versions are |
| innovations in this area to stay ahead of our | | | | appropriate in many regards. Predators are good |
| competition.As technology progresses, your | | | | in that they can be used forever unless we start |
| enemy will have the same tools and technologies | | | | crashing them.These smaller UAVs, like |
| you do, by buying it from an ally, spy or secretly | | | | SmartBombs are especially important during |
| stealing it from a University Research Team. So | | | | regime changes when you goal is to provoke |
| when you invent something as weapon for | | | | change in leadership not in destroying vast |
| offense or defense of your people, you have to | | | | amounts of individual human life, no matter what |
| know how to defeat it too. As it will be used | | | | amount of value is placed on it by the culture |
| against you in a court of law (war).Most all foreign | | | | opposing your political will, but taking out those |
| countries have UAV programs and have | | | | who oppose the will of the free World and |
| established research and development teams and | | | | stability of the Human Race. Never the less, war |
| put forth spies on the subject as well as pretend | | | | is hell, so you must win at all costs, which goes |
| collaborators. We need to pay attention for the | | | | without saying, losing sucks and defeat or retreat |
| betterment of NATO Countries and UN | | | | cannot be an option for our team. Retreat should |
| participants. But what about hostile or potentially | | | | only be used as a tactic to serve your future will. |
| hostile nations, they have scientists too. | | | | Let the enemy re-group and congregate and |
| Unmanned Flight is now capable in nearly any | | | | attack again getting most bang for your |
| current aircraft with the exception of the skill | | | | buck.UAVs are here to stay and will require |
| necessary to fly and take-off in a Ryan | | | | proper funding, such R and D will come back ten |
| Monoplane or those requiring the balance of a pilot | | | | fold to mankind in potential commercial uses for |
| such as a hang glider or ultra light like the crash | | | | moving freight within and out side our own |
| and burn motorcycle team brave enough to give | | | | atmosphere, for doing jobs in agriculture, short |
| it a test at the DARPA Grand Challenge, hats go | | | | and small delivery and of course the future of air |
| off to that team for a noble and worthy | | | | travel pilot less commercial aircraft much the |
| attempt.If you think for one second that North | | | | same as the NYC subways and people movers |
| Korea does not have UAVs of some type to | | | | across the country and throughout the world.The |
| augment their arsenal of Ballistic capable nuclear | | | | costs of UAVs are important and the materials |
| missiles think again. They trade with China and | | | | provide the efficiencies necessary to make them |
| Japan and both have established programs, The | | | | light, fast, maneuverable and strong. By watching |
| Trade with South Korea and we have UAVs in | | | | the costs and picking the right materials, we can |
| Country and North Korea has spies there too. | | | | always maintain the lead in UAV research and |
| Even Saddam had a UAV prototype flying bomb | | | | Development, Deployment and acquiring of target |
| program, some would say was in it's infancy, I | | | | to stay in front of the pack in the never ending |
| say bull all they needed was a motor attached, | | | | Human Saga, of Good VS Evil. You know the |
| you can buy that at an ultra-light store or online | | | | Sound and Fury stuff, which has been going on |
| catalog, no one can deny that, google for your | | | | since all of the recorded history we know about. |
| self if you find folly with my observation. A | | | | We sure are funny, us humans? Wonder if we will |
| device such as that prototype UAV with a | | | | ever figure it out? |
| chemical compound or pathogen, virus or disease | | | | |