"HANDS-OFF PLANE The X-47B unmanned combat aircraft for the Navy was unveiled Tuesday. The fighter is to be able to communicate with ground crew members for its takeoffs and landings." ALLISON GATLIN/Valley Press
1 posted on
12/17/2008 2:54:46 PM PST by
BenLurkin
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2 posted on
12/17/2008 2:57:34 PM PST by
AdvisorB
(What did Obama's surrogates, Rahim and AdvisorB, offer Blago for the Obama Senate Seat?)
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3 posted on
12/17/2008 2:57:50 PM PST by
ROCKLOBSTER
(RATs...nothing more than Bald Haired Hippies!)
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4 posted on
12/17/2008 2:58:04 PM PST by
omega4179
( Those who can't write, write the news)
To: BenLurkin
another confused reporter and editor
Unmanned is far from the same as a robot.
5 posted on
12/17/2008 3:01:26 PM PST by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: BenLurkin
Flying Dorito.
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Any idea (without loose lips sinking ships) what the dimensions are and the parameters (speed, range, etc.)?
To: BenLurkin
We’ve come a long ways since Pong.
To: BenLurkin
The era of the fighter pilot is drawing to a close.
14 posted on
12/17/2008 4:20:18 PM PST by
Mr. Jeeves
("One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word." -- Robert Heinlein)
To: BenLurkin
This is why so few F-22s are being ordered.
15 posted on
12/17/2008 4:24:14 PM PST by
glorgau
To: magslinger
To: BenLurkin
**can operate for tens of hours longer than a pilot can **?Dose this it's metric?
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29 posted on
12/18/2008 2:26:26 AM PST by
magslinger
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36 posted on
12/18/2008 5:48:39 PM PST by
Straight Vermonter
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