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YelliChink 11/12/2009 2:03:25 PM

The things on the right side looks like a fuel tank, but I can't see what is hanging on the left side.

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VelocityVector 11/12/2009 2:58:09 PM

Starboard side pod has been, it appears, acknowledged by the operator as a new component of Predator's sensory package. It merely resembles a fuel tank because all elements are flush when Predator is grounded. Predator is not plumbed for wet wings. This would suggest radar, however, it could be a test of the IRST intended for Hornet. Curious.

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gf0012-aust 11/12/2009 3:05:28 PM

i'm guessing GTM radar. its not a synthesised array unless its flat underneath - which it doesn't appear to be.

if they were testing a conformal array it would be visibly apparent.

i doubt it's flir anyway as the FOV is too narrow - and recessed.

no doubt it will appear in JED at some point...

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VelocityVector 11/12/2009 3:15:59 PM

It's actually a Reaper, not a Predator, if this helps. Same pertinent attributes.

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Hamilcar 11/12/2009 4:11:12 PM

It's actually a Reaper, not a Predator, if this helps. Same pertinent attributes.

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I'm looking at the seams on the pod in the picture blowup.

Onera sensor module....

I'm not saying that is what it is, I do think though that it could be similar.

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One Five Five Echo 11/12/2009 4:11:25 PM

Considering where it is and what it's doing, that has to be a SAR/GMTI pod similar to the ones the Gray Wolf S-3Bs carried.

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gf0012-aust bugger 11/13/2009 1:15:45 AM

Considering where it is and what it's doing, that has to be a SAR/GMTI pod similar to the ones the Gray Wolf S-3Bs carried.

cref my earlier dyslexic moment...

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