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    Saudi Oil Attack

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn...ack/index.html

    Potentially 5% of the worlds oil supply is disrupted. 10 drones apparently did the attack.

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    Drones give the little guy a game changer.
    A few people feel the rain. Most people just get wet.

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    Drones are the future of warfare.


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    It's been the past for ten years and now, it seems, the present.

    Couldn't happen to a better ruling family. Drone every one of those raghead motherfuckers.

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    Who is making these drones?

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    Welcome to the future. And back to the future, Trump just blamed Iran. Then told the Saudi's that he has his order pad ready to help with American made arms.
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    Women and children too?
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    It might push the world price of oil up a bit
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    Saudi Oil Attack

    It wouldn’t surprise me if it takes longer than expected to get this facility back online. Probably depends on what prices do. Prices could go down as this weakens Saudi control on supply.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    Who is making these drones?
    Bootleggers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Harry View Post
    Drones are the future of warfare.


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    I remember reading Popular Mechanics three + decades ago talking about this, seemed so unreal at the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wooley12 View Post
    Welcome to the future. And back to the future, Trump just blamed Iran. Then told the Saudi's that he has his order pad ready to help with American made arms.
    teetering on the precipice.............
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    Saudi Oil Attack

    Good thing Bolton aka "Mustache Man" is gone. That dude masterbates furiously to the thought of attacking Iran.

    Trump will do whatever Putin tells him to.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    Who is making these drones?
    The Yemenis got theirs from Iran I would guess. Or maybe Russia?

    Large Commercial UAVs are becoming a thing too. Here’s one made in Latvia. 10’ wingspan, 10kg payload, 20hrs flight time at 75mph, add cameras or sensors as needed.
    http://www.uavfactory.com/product/46
    Cost is $50k which might be expensive for what may be a single-use delivery system

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    Quote Originally Posted by Harry View Post
    Good thing Bolton aka "Mustache Man" is gone. That dude masterbates furiously to the thought of attacking Iran.

    Trump will do whatever Putin tells him to.


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    I'm guessing it's no coincidence that this happens just days after Bolton is gone.

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    Like a religious huckster such as Osteen, these terrorists get the word out they need money and people give them half the weeks food budget.
    They can afford the fancy drones.

    Fear it won't be long before this shit happens all over the world.
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    Saudi Oil Attack

    Quote Originally Posted by TBS View Post
    The Yemenis got theirs from Iran I would guess. Or maybe Russia?

    Large Commercial UAVs are becoming a thing too. Here’s one made in Latvia. 10’ wingspan, 10kg payload, 20hrs flight time at 75mph, add cameras or sensors as needed.
    http://www.uavfactory.com/product/46
    Cost is $50k which might be expensive for what may be a single-use delivery system
    A lot cheaper than a missile. Anything reported on how big the things used in the attack were or what they used for explosives?

    Thermite? Plastic explosives? A somewhat strong breeze (paging PureGravity)?

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    Quote Originally Posted by neufox47 View Post
    A lot cheaper than a missile. Anything reported on how big the things used in the attack were or what they used for explosives?

    Thermite? Plastic explosives? A somewhat strong breeze (paging PureGravity)?
    Orders of magnitude cheaper. It's fucking easy to assemble something with GPS + inertial sensors for better location.. so far the cheap stuff has a short range but you can modify it for more battery capacity.

    I'm curious what type of drive was used. There's been evidence of ISIS using modified commercial/consumer drones for years

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    Quote Originally Posted by neufox47 View Post
    A lot cheaper than a missile. Anything reported on how big the things used in the attack were or what they used for explosives?

    Thermite? Plastic explosives? A somewhat strong breeze (paging PureGravity)?
    Well it is known that Saudi Arabia is Arabic for strong winds

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    These drone “swarms” are hard to defend against. Can radar even track a tiny drone? Or 50 of them?

    You can order them off Amazon.

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    I have a feeling that the drones used were a lot bigger than the toy consumer drones we can all buy. Had to be to carry enough explosives to do such damage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    I have a feeling that the drones used were a lot bigger than the toy consumer drones we can all buy. Had to be to carry enough explosives to do such damage.
    The technology in even the small ones is what’s dangerous. The gps, the gyros, just set it and forget it. You can even use waypoints and different altitudes.

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    Suicide drones just like the bombers.

    Hard to defend against, you have to shoot them until the whole thing blows up or crashes.

    A similar event could take out large sections of the US power grid. Heck you dont even need drones, mylar balloons will do it.
    watch out for snakes

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cono Este View Post
    These drone “swarms” are hard to defend against. Can radar even track a tiny drone? Or 50 of them?

    You can order them off Amazon.
    Also this:

    They’re only going to get smaller/better... and any surveillance and armament tech that can be produced to defend against a swarm of those is going to also be terrifying in its potential for abuse.

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    Is that my weed coming from the ups-amazon drone, or sweet death coming from the google-DEA assassination drone?

    I should put that sentence on a business card for when people are like “awww, you guys aren’t having any kids?”

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