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To: Ilaine who wrote (7157)	10/18/2001 2:06:56 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 23908

Don't know about IRS but check this one .. reuters.com UNMANNED U.S. DRONES CARRY MISSILES For the first time ever, the United States is flying armed, unmanned drones into combat. "Predator" spy planes, armed with anti-tank missiles are taking to the skies over Afghanistan, U.S. defense officials said on Thursday. The remote-controlled RQ-1 aircraft have been modified by the Air Force to carry two Hellfire missiles, which have been fired several times in the intense 12-day air campaign. "It is a first, a small revolution. It's certainly not widespread or overwhelming, but we have said nothing is ruled out," said one official, who asked not to be identified. Defense experts have called such a move a first step toward perhaps one day building unmanned, long-range bombers that can carry dozens of missiles and bombs to overseas targets