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Old 03-27-2014, 10:13 PM   #796
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Originally Posted by jaguar604 View Post
I think the only drone with that kind of range is the global hawk. I doubt they will devote a $100+ million drone for this kind of operation.

Manned craft are more numerous and cheaper to operate.
One type of plane the US is using costs 200 mill each.

Boeing P-8 Poseidon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/mis...n-ocean-n63866

Also who knows it a country is using drones, I think they would keep that a secret.
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