(Dav1936531) wrote in
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I am seeing all kinds of pics comming out of Iraq of the jihadis
mulling around in the streets carrying RPG's and AK's.

I was just wondering if it would be possible to make a Predator drone
with a .50 caliber sniper rifle in it to pick these guys off. Say, put
a magazine with 50 or 100 rounds onboard, loiter the drone over bad
guy areas, spot them with the Predator's optical systems, and zap
them. Human snipers using the .50 have kill shots from over 1 mile
away.

Of course, linkage between the optical system and the gun's aim point
would have to be worked out.

I realize the Predators can fire the Hellfire (IIRC), but in civilian
areas using this may be too politically inexpediant.

Would the Predator be stable enough for something like that?

I would think, if it is, you could make a platform that could take
care of large numbers of enemy with minimum civilian damage and at low
cost. Further, the jihadis would live under the constant threat of
instant termination whereever they are identifiable by the Predator
operator as weapons carrying enemies.

Comments?
Dave

Those kill shots are probably against stationary targets,for starters.

Hellfire is a GUIDED missile,that can track a moving target.
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Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net