Global Hawk

Larry Dighera opined

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:33:15 -0700, Richard Riley
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Better to put them in the middle of Kansas than off shore.

Better for whom?

Those not in Kansas.


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Why wait for nature?

On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:23:09 -0700, "Robert M. Gary"
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Basing them off shore would have been a LOT more expensive. There's
no infrastructure there, it would all have to be built.

There is a massive Navy base.

I suppose that depends on your definition of 'massive.'

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On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:23:09 -0700, "Robert M. Gary"
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Basing them off shore would have been a LOT more expensive. There's
no infrastructure there, it would all have to be built.

There is a massive Navy base.

I suppose that depends on your definition of 'massive.'


Any idea what else the base is currently being use for?

On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 18:34:41 -0500, "Maxwell" wrote
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Any idea what else the base is currently being use for?

I had always heard over the years, that San Nicolas Island was part of
a missile testing range, but that's just rumor.

On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:38:15 -0700, Richard Riley
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On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:01:59 GMT, Larry Dighera
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On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:33:15 -0700, Richard Riley
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Better to put them in the middle of Kansas than off shore.

Better for whom?

Taxpayers.

By 'better' you mean cheaper, right?

On Oct 3, 7:56 am, Richard Riley wrote:

I'm supporting a UAV test program in So. Cal - on the mainland - right
now. Even though we have to have ground observers watching the
vehicle entire flight to ensure separation, it's far easier to fly
than if we had to ship everything and everyone 50 miles off shore by
boat or aircraft.- Hide quoted text -

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What you are describing is quiet different from Global Hawk. A minimum
crew is maintained at the airports where take off and landings are
normally done (although the plane can land w/o any ground crew if
necessary). All enroute flying is done via a Sat link from Beale.
Right now there are guys at Beale flying missions over Iraq. There is
no need to ship anything. The ground support unit used for take off
and landing pilots can be pulled by a Ford F-150.

-Robert

Robert M. Gary wrote:
The ground support unit used for take off
and landing pilots can be pulled by a Ford F-150.


But, of course, it isn't called a Ford F-150. It is probably called a Global
Hawk Support Vehicle and cost the Pentagon $1Mil.