Looks like the Air Force is getting closer to eliminating pilots from the SEAD mission. Something about landing what amounts to a fully armed cruise missile onto an aircraft carrier still makes me nervous.
1 posted on
04/22/2004 8:57:35 AM PDT by
Tallguy
To: Tallguy; spetznaz; Gunrunner2
They need to hurry the hell up!
2 posted on
04/22/2004 9:27:10 AM PDT by
VaBthang4
(-He who watches over Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps-)
To: Tallguy
Something about landing what amounts to a fully armed cruise missile onto an aircraft carrier still makes me nervous.
They've had a hands off landing system for fighters for years that does a better job of hitting the wire then the pilots. The day is coming.....
3 posted on
04/22/2004 9:30:49 AM PDT by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: Tallguy
A friend of mine works in the industry. He says the bomb dropping was for pure PR, as it really doesn't prove anything--remotely guided bombs are old news. It is amazing though having a supersonic (700mph) full sized bomber flying.
More amazing, according to my friend, is Boeing's robot controlled land vehicle. Lots more to bump into on the ground, than in the air.
To: Tallguy
Skynet's air force is born :)
11 posted on
04/22/2004 10:08:00 AM PDT by
Centurion2000
(Resolve to perform what you must; perform without fail that what you resolve.)
To: Tallguy
I wonder how long until someone builds a UCAV dogfighter with the turning capability of an air to air missile.
12 posted on
04/22/2004 10:10:53 AM PDT by
Centurion2000
(Resolve to perform what you must; perform without fail that what you resolve.)
To: Tallguy
The bomb, which carried no explosives, hit the target (that is, landed within a 30 feet of it, as GPS guided bombs are supposed to do.) I believe the actual miss distance was only a couple of feet...
14 posted on
04/22/2004 10:13:27 AM PDT by
r9etb
To: Tallguy
The bomb, which carried no explosives, hit the target (that is, landed within a 30 feet of it, as GPS guided bombs are supposed to do. How effective is a skinny little 250-pound bomb (say, 180 actual pounds of TNT) that lands 25 feet from its zero point, especially if the target has any hardening at all?
15 posted on
04/22/2004 10:18:52 AM PDT by
VadeRetro
(Faster than a speeding building! Able to leap tall bullets in a single bound!)
To: Tallguy
More images HERE
Hope you don't mind me posting the pics.
See the X-45 HERE
See the X-47 Pegasus HERE
Pilots are DOOMED
16 posted on
04/22/2004 10:30:13 AM PDT by
Centurion2000
(Resolve to perform what you must; perform without fail that what you resolve.)
To: Tallguy
FYI..about 20 years ago, the NAVY had aan experimental project for rocket boosted projectiles from battleships...this was before the BB's were retired..but they were getting 200 miles range with 16" shells...and today, with smart bomb technology, the project would be awesome...something like 85% of the world's population is within 200 miles of water....and it'd be very cost effective...
22 posted on
04/22/2004 11:03:26 AM PDT by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her genes.....any volunteers?)
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