Predator aircraft flying the frontier area . . .

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Friday, June 26, 2009 - 6:01 PM Share

. . . between the United States and Canada? What up with that? Is there some new hockey-fied version of the FATA up there? I thought most of the American Taliban were down south. Or in Mill Valley, California. At any rate, I remain confident we have nothing to fear from our little Canadian amigos.

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TFP_WNC

12:46 AM ET

June 27, 2009

I'm just stoked that Tom

I'm just stoked that Tom Ricks cited urbandictionary.

 

GARYC

5:17 AM ET

June 27, 2009

Anti-Satellite Warfare

Drones will make it imperative for anyone with the capability to knock down the satellite relays by which they are controlled. The airspace over any future battlefield will be completely saturated with these things. Might be better to control them with a AWACS type plane just above the horizon.

 

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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