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SPEMack618 · March 8, 2013, 05:22 PM

I can't understand the continual comparison between a Predator and the ubiquotous Bell JetRanger police copter.

Issues of loiter time, avialability, command and control, visibility, and deployment abound on that one.

Was there ever any validity to the rumor that the BATFE wanted to buy OV-10 Broncos in 1995?

To me, this is very reminiscent of that.

I feel like you can make the cause for Predators to be used by CBP along the Mexican border or by ICE in the Caribbean, but that's about it.

March 8, 2013, 05:22 PM	#54
SPEMack618 Senior Member Join Date: June 21, 2010 Location: Central Georgia Posts: 1,863	I can't understand the continual comparison between a Predator and the ubiquotous Bell JetRanger police copter. Issues of loiter time, avialability, command and control, visibility, and deployment abound on that one. Was there ever any validity to the rumor that the BATFE wanted to buy OV-10 Broncos in 1995? To me, this is very reminiscent of that. I feel like you can make the cause for Predators to be used by CBP along the Mexican border or by ICE in the Caribbean, but that's about it. __________________ NRA Life Member Read my blog! "The answer to any caliber debate is going to be .38 Super, 10mm, .357 Sig or .41 Magnum!"