On Fri, 9 May 2008 15:18:48 -0400, "John T"
wrote in
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message


Should military hardware be permitted to operate over the heads of
citizens in the CONUS?

Yes, just like GA and airlines should be permitted,

The airlines and GA do not operate hardware DESIGNED FOR MILITARY USE
over the heads of the US populous.

Is there some specific reason the military MUST operate their UAV over
populated areas?

I believe permitting the military to establish a precedent of training
over populated areas is not in the best interest of our citizens.

but "Ocala National Forest" doesn't sound very populated.


How does this sound:

The Air Force was conducting training with the UAV Raven at about
4 p.m. Tuesday when the aircraft was launched from an open field
in the 500 block of Southeast 25th Avenue in Ocala.

Had you bothered to examine the satellite image of the area in the
link I provided, you'd see that your assumption was erroneous.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...28496&t=h&z=15

[snip more typical Dighera anti-military bloviating]

Your choice to attempt to characterize my words as 'blovating,' while
providing me with a new word-of-the-day, was unfortunate, because
there was nothing pompous among them.

Why do you find it necessary to defend the military over the best
interests of the citizens of our noble nation?