Manufacturer's web site is here: http://www.tgrhelicorp.com/snark.htm
How about a couple a thousand of these puppies on the Iran-Iraq border?
To: ChildOfThe60s
Honorable Mention to the original 'Snark' SM-62A, first generation of ground launched cruise missiles.
2 posted on
03/10/2007 12:00:51 PM PST by
mkjessup
("ahhh don't feel noways tired...ahhh've come too faaaaaar...from whar ahhh started from...!")
To: ChildOfThe60s
Looks seriously wicked...
3 posted on
03/10/2007 12:04:16 PM PST by
GoldCountryRedneck
("There are no stupid questions. There are, however, many inquisitive idiots." - unknown)
To: ChildOfThe60s
Well, at $5 million apiece, that's $10 billion if you want 2K of them.
4 posted on
03/10/2007 12:04:31 PM PST by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what an Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: ChildOfThe60s
The amount of UAVs (in all their forms) that are flying in the sky's of Iraq would astound most people.
Though I haven't seen a SNARK just yet....
To: ChildOfThe60s
Put a squadron of them up , on the lookout for IED burying bastards. Kill, crush, destroy.
8 posted on
03/10/2007 12:10:32 PM PST by
csvset
To: ChildOfThe60s
"But, oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day If your Snark be a Boojum, for then
You will softly and suddenly vanish away,
And never be met with again."
12 posted on
03/10/2007 12:18:28 PM PST by
Eepsy
(The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.)
To: ChildOfThe60s; neverdem; Dead Corpse; RightWhale
James Bond will be so jealous.
18 posted on
03/10/2007 12:25:33 PM PST by
NicknamedBob
(I know where I have gone wrong, and I can cite it, chapter and verse.)
To: Vroomfondel; SC Swamp Fox; Fred Hayek; NY Attitude
SONOBUOY PING!
“The Snark Mk III will fly just before Christmas – after that, we’ll be developing two distinct versions – one for the Army (the Land Snark), and one for the Navy (the Sea Snark), and a civilian version of the Snark is under development and will be unveiled in 2006.
Post or FReepmail me if you wish to be enlisted in or discharged from the Navair Pinglist.
This is a low volume pinglist.
23 posted on
03/10/2007 12:44:21 PM PST by
magslinger
(Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make up something good.)
To: ChildOfThe60s
I like this quote: "It has the potential to be seriously nasty." The nastier they are to our enemies the better, as I see it.
To: ChildOfThe60s
...one for the Navy (the Sea Snark)...Sea Snakes have always been stealthy.
27 posted on
03/10/2007 1:10:00 PM PST by
decimon
To: ChildOfThe60s
BTW have you signed up for the 2007 ISDC?
2007 markes the 50yh Anniversary of Space Flight and this year's theme is:
"From Old Frontiers to New: Celebrating 50 Years of Space Flight."
The Final Frontier!
To: ChildOfThe60s
Passenger capability or a massive payload in a UAV opens up alot of possibilities. Also, running on diesel means a very flexible supply chain with front-line army and SOF units.
Too bad it's an overseas builder. Hope that US engine manufacturer has some clout with congress, cause I've heard nothing from DARPA about a US air vehicle like this.
30 posted on
03/10/2007 1:45:47 PM PST by
Wiseghy
("You want to break this army? Then break your word to it.")
To: ChildOfThe60s
"“The aircraft’s current empty weight is 1060 lb (480kg) and the gross weight is 2500 lb (1133 kg) and our payload is 1500lb (680 kg) which blows anything comparable in the UAV area completely out the door. If we can achieve a reliable 2000lb (907 kg) payload, it will become just that much more capable."
Is it just me...or could this serve as a "search & rescue" vehicle capable of emitting suppression fire...???
To: ChildOfThe60s; snarks_when_bored
39 posted on
03/13/2007 2:25:05 AM PDT by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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