Re: [TML] New toy- "switchblade" loitering munition Phil Pugliese 14 May 2016 10:56 UTC

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On Fri, 5/13/16, Bruce Johnson <xxxxxx@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] New toy- "switchblade" loitering munition
 To: "xxxxxx@simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
 Date: Friday, May 13, 2016, 12:23 PM

 > On
 May 13, 2016, at 9:06 AM, Grimmund <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
 wrote:
 >
 > Everything
 your merc crew ever asked for, except CG drives.
 >
 > BLUF:  Short range
 one-use recon drone with an explosive warhead.
 >
 >
 > http://www.examiner.com/article/u-s-m-c-orders-switchblade-uav-drones-that-function-as-mini-cruise-missiles
 >

 'according to “Lord Squishy”, a person who claims to
 be a Defense Department insider.’

 Seriously? This is reporting in a major US
 Newspaper? Dear gods we’re doomed.

 --
 Bruce Johnson

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Reminds me of an editorial I read more than 10 years ago.

The writer bemoaned the accelerating trend of all newspapers to discard their 'fact checking' departments.

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