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"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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To: BenLurkin

Lemme guess...Area 51?


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)
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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)
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To: BenLurkin
Flying Dorito.
7 posted on 12/17/2008 3:16:36 PM PST by twister881
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To: BenLurkin

Any idea (without loose lips sinking ships) what the dimensions are and the parameters (speed, range, etc.)?


9 posted on 12/17/2008 3:24:29 PM PST by FroggyTheGremlim
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To: BenLurkin

We’ve come a long ways since Pong.


13 posted on 12/17/2008 4:18:33 PM PST by Rebelbase
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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)
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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
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To: magslinger

ping


21 posted on 12/17/2008 4:51:16 PM PST by Vroomfondel
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To: BenLurkin
**can operate for tens of hours longer than a pilot can **?

Dose this it's metric?

26 posted on 12/17/2008 6:39:22 PM PST by ThomasThomas ( .)
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29 posted on 12/18/2008 2:26:26 AM PST by magslinger (I talk to myself but sometimes I like a third opinion.)
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To: BenLurkin
From 2005: Will Fly for Food
30 posted on 12/18/2008 7:00:02 AM PST by pabianice
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Awesome.


36 posted on 12/18/2008 5:48:39 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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