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Posted on 09/23/2025 9:39:21 AM PDT by Red Badger
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AVIATION PING!....................
AVIATION PING!....................
Imagine what the Ukes can do with a lot of these targeting refineries and weapons manufacturing way inside Russia and over all the Russian supply lines to their invasion force!
Which means our adversaries know about it, and that we have something even better almost ready.
I am quite hopeful that some of the major accomplishments of President Trump will not be known for many years, as regards ‘black’ programs.
My retirement check should be safe then.
I’ve always been hopeful that we have “stuff” that nobody knows about that we are keeping secret until we are forced to fight a “real” military that has modern naval and air capability, not just a bunch of Middle Eastern goat humpers with IED’s and AK’s, or sitting duck 1970’s MIGs/F-14’s.
My retirement check should be safe then.
Whew……lol
No reason, except for aerodynamic mods and power upgrades, that it couldn’t be a hypersonic suicide stealth drone.
If only they could hide a wave front of hypersonic air turbulence
Why are
Unless something is transparent, it is typically going to be different looking than what is normally seen from above.
‘Vulture’ flight style drone spotters might be able stay up in the sky for long time periods.
If there are dense clouds that can visually hide drones, potential targets can take to hiding out or hardening down.
The line between science fiction and reality is fading quicker than I imagined...
“weapons manufacturing”
‘Cottages’ can be built in conifer forests.
A drone would if lucky take out a machine, a ‘cottage’ and a few parts.
It might just take out a Potemkin Village ‘cottage’ shell.
“refineries”
Russian cities probably have good public transport.
The harvest is probably mainly complete. Winter is coming soon.
“targeting refineries”
The Russians are surely going to making all the necessary spare parts. They could be put on railcars in hours that could travel over 1,000 miles in a day.
Critical parts of refineries could be protected by vertical steel I-beam fences.
Rail bridges are more vulnerable.
Lockheed D-21 Stealth Drone
Number built: 38
Max speed: >Mach 3.3, 2,200 mph
Operational altitude: 90,000 feet
Begin Development: October 1962
Introduced: 1969
First flight: 22 December 1964
Retired: 1971
Designed to carry a single high-resolution photographic camera over a preprogrammed path, then release the camera module into the air for retrieval, after which the drone would self-destruct.
Several successful test flights were made, followed by at least four unsuccessful operational D-21 flights over China.
Famed Skunkworks designer Kelly Johnson developed the concept of a long-range drone and specified speeds of Mach 3.3–3.5, an operational altitude of 87,000–95,000 feet, and a range of 3,000 nautical miles. It was intended to make a one-way trip, eject its camera payload at the end of the mission for recovery, then self-destruct.
Imagine doing the pre-programmed path pre-digital computers! And, without data telemetry, you had to recover the camera then destroy the aircraft.
Compare to 2025... 
My son and I saw the D-21 at the fantastic "Blackbird Airpark" at an annex of the Air Force Flight Test (AFFT) Museum at Edwards AFB. All aviation buffs should visit this place!
“PATUXENT RIVER, Md., Nov. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) collaborated with the U.S. Navy and General Atomics (GA) in a first-ever live control flight demonstration of an uncrewed system by the Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control Station (UMCS).
“Powered by the Skunk Works® MDCX™ autonomy platform, the UMCS controlled a GA MQ-20 Avenger uncrewed air system (UAS) as it completed a live fly mission. This demonstration is a pathfinder that helps to advance the complex technology necessary to enable crewed and uncrewed teaming as envisioned for programs such as CCA and others.”
This will have the anti-gravity propulsion system, right? Otherwise, their captured UFOs are just going to waste.
Zoooooom ->Pinngggg
In 1964, we didn’t have the computers necessary for a fly-by-wire system necessary to control an aircraft without a v-stab.
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