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dalton99a

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16. The new drones from Iran are autonomous and use GPS guidance.

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #10)

Sat Sep 14, 2019, 01:25 PM

Sep 2019

The control technology is decades old and commercially available

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Saudi Arabia reportedly shuts down half its oil production after drone attack [View all] jpak Sep 2019 OP

price hikes in 5.4.3.2.1 AllaN01Bear Sep 2019 #1

Beat me to it! KPN Sep 2019 #7

That was my immediate thought Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2019 #18

I will fill up 1st thing early morning. at140 Sep 2019 #33

I just did - and got 20 gallons extra jpak Sep 2019 #61

Funny..Funny..I was shocked to see the price this morning at140 Sep 2019 #63

About 9% of the oil the U.S. imports is from the Saudis. LudwigPastorius Sep 2019 #2

US oil loves it when prices go up on the world market, it's pure profit to beachbumbob Sep 2019 #24

Think of the environment benefit if gas goes to $10/gal at140 Sep 2019 #34

That would be longterm, but short term, economies crash as beachbumbob Sep 2019 #45

Not necessarily, if only gas price alone is subject to "mileage" tax at140 Sep 2019 #48

Last time I looked, industry and agriculture do use beachbumbob Sep 2019 #56

Not what I said...increase Federal sales tax on GASOLINE at pump only at140 Sep 2019 #57

Peeps can't afford $10 per gallon gas but they have money for a CAR?? Bengus81 Sep 2019 #46

Serious climate change problem requires serious solutions at140 Sep 2019 #58

+1 OneCrazyDiamond Sep 2019 #49

Makes me mad to see huge cars with a single driver during at140 Sep 2019 #50

Isn't high oil prices a good thing for the environment? manicdem Sep 2019 #26

+1 Kurt V. Sep 2019 #28

That might be the case, but it ultimately does a lot of harm to lower income people Sapient Donkey Sep 2019 #43

++Good! Newest Reality Sep 2019 #52

What you said would be true ONLY IF at140 Sep 2019 #59

I am not sure I follow how you're getting to that conclusion. Sapient Donkey Sep 2019 #62

Please take a minute to read post #57...it is short at140 Sep 2019 #64

That's great that you had the ability of doing that. Sapient Donkey Sep 2019 #65

Average commute time in big cities is 30-40 minutes aprox at140 Sep 2019 #66

Hell of a BC/DR plan, Saudi Aramco. Anon-C Sep 2019 #3

They're not using hobbyist stuff anymore dalton99a Sep 2019 #8

Apparently their capabilities are mature enough. Anon-C Sep 2019 #9

And they knew where to explode the devices in order to set off the fires...the drones couldn't... SWBTATTReg Sep 2019 #10

The new drones from Iran are autonomous and use GPS guidance. dalton99a Sep 2019 #16

Ah...not surprised. Does make sense tech - wise. Also, I had heard of stories / rumors that the .. SWBTATTReg Sep 2019 #17

what about the delivery? What's known about that isn't commercially available Kurt V. Sep 2019 #29

Give some tinkers a decent sum of cash and some time Sapient Donkey Sep 2019 #55

Indeed. Anon-C Sep 2019 #53

The kamikazes of ww2.. Maxheader Sep 2019 #19

Modern-day explosives pack a hell of a punch in a small package NickB79 Sep 2019 #40

big drones likely manicdem Sep 2019 #27

"Shaheed" means at140 Sep 2019 #35

Could be their UAV-X/Samad or variant - from the Jan 2019 UN report: dalton99a Sep 2019 #39

Ugh BumRushDaShow Sep 2019 #4

This could be good, at least politically Fiendish Thingy Sep 2019 #5

That isn't worth the harm this will cause Sapient Donkey Sep 2019 #44

Satellite image: dalton99a Sep 2019 #6

Bahrain is about 30 miles long, so yeah, judging by the smoke plume . . . hatrack Sep 2019 #14

Yep, they blowed it up, real good. Strelnikov_ Sep 2019 #38

"As always, should you or any of your drone team be caught or killed...." DFW Sep 2019 #11

Here it is: the total complete failure of Trump's "non-foreign policy" earthside Sep 2019 #12

Putin needs the price of oil to be higher to make Russian drilling profitable Buckeyeblue Sep 2019 #13

Correct, and Trump is looking for an excuse to attack Iran at140 Sep 2019 #37

It also benefits Iran and Venezuela. Mosby Sep 2019 #51

Environmental catastrophe. Don't overlook that "price," folks. n/t slumcamper Sep 2019 #15

Exactly. This is horrible. Owl Sep 2019 #30

Thank you underpants Sep 2019 #32

Watch -- this WILL be used by KSA/UAE/etc to manipulate Trump. RockRaven Sep 2019 #20

Too many people in this world want war. Sapient Donkey Sep 2019 #42

How will the Saudis respond, I wonder Takket Sep 2019 #21

Here comes an oil shock. roamer65 Sep 2019 #22

The proxy war heats up. paleotn Sep 2019 #23

Didn't the orange ass say SCVDem Sep 2019 #25

Came home from dinner to see this. WOW. underpants Sep 2019 #31

Depending on evidence, this could start a war at140 Sep 2019 #36

WW3 in that case NickB79 Sep 2019 #41

I don't think Saudi's are going to take this lying down at140 Sep 2019 #47

They have already been bombing Yemen so they haven't been lying down at all JonLP24 Sep 2019 #68

Gee, sure hope cilla4progress Sep 2019 #54

5 % of daily production? What about the other 95 percent? I think "THE OTHER" can cover. Don't You? Stuart G Sep 2019 #60

Iran has surplus oil due to sanctions at140 Sep 2019 #69

This message was self-deleted by its author SCVDem Sep 2019 #67

Fill up as soon as you can Sherman A1 Sep 2019 #70