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To: nuffsenuff; All
But aren't they much MUCH bigger than the one in this photo?

Tactical UAVs for reconnaissance and surveillance are pretty small. The Pointer and Dragon UAV have wingspans of 9' an 11' respectively.

There was a "concept" paper a few years back about T-UAVs about the size of a cigarette pack.

119 posted on 09/13/2004 1:39:23 PM PDT by dread78645 (Sorry Mr. Franklin, We couldn't keep it.)
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To: dread78645

Photo cracks me up. Really how proud they are... maybe this is a psyops setup to make them look like total fools.

If you like this stuff, also Google "swarming warfare"... the idea / science of sending tiny little things that act like a swarm of bees against your adversary. Also research SAGEM Sperwer to see one of the latest, powerful UAV implementations.


135 posted on 09/13/2004 6:35:09 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough (Imagine there's no Kerry, it's easy if you try... or don't try! ?)
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