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X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Taking Shape On Board Lincoln
navy.mil ^ | 1/17/2010 | Lt. Cmdr. William Marks

Posted on 02/17/2010 6:29:59 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld

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1 posted on 02/17/2010 6:29:59 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove

Artist's impression only

2 posted on 02/17/2010 6:33:53 PM PST by TokuMei
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To: TokuMei

Artist’s impression is cool


3 posted on 02/17/2010 6:34:21 PM PST by GeronL (I pledge allegiance to the Principles of the Bill of Rights and to protect and defend it...)
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To: GeronL

I like it too


4 posted on 02/17/2010 6:36:29 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
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To: GeronL

Imagine how many unmanned aircraft you stack in a carrier. Stack em up like Frisbees.


5 posted on 02/17/2010 6:37:00 PM PST by DariusBane (Even the Rocks shall cry out "Hobamma to the Highest")
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To: sonofstrangelove

I want one....or two.


6 posted on 02/17/2010 6:41:39 PM PST by NCC-1701 (ZEROs FAVORITE SONG -- I, ME, MINE -- BY THE BEATLES)
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To: sonofstrangelove
Let's not let these things get too smart, lest we find out what they really think of us mere mortals....


7 posted on 02/17/2010 6:43:59 PM PST by Yossarian
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To: sonofstrangelove

Dang it, i got to read closer. I was all excited and thought the Navy was doing something with a B-47. I was amazed, happy, mystified. I likes me cold war jets :) !!!

And i like em polished and shiny!


8 posted on 02/17/2010 6:53:09 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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To: GeronL

And pretty accurate.


9 posted on 02/17/2010 6:56:42 PM PST by SZonian (There are times when we have to tell loved ones truths that hurt. We do so because we care for them.)
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To: sonofstrangelove

More range, longer hang time, no or few G-problems.., greater payload, even kamikaze options, could be cheaper costs on some or all models, an unplanned for threat, benefits not even known now..., a game changer.. etc..


10 posted on 02/17/2010 7:01:05 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: sonofstrangelove

An unmanned drone landing on a pitching carrier?

I can see why they’re making such a fuss.


11 posted on 02/17/2010 7:01:28 PM PST by sinanju
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To: Yossarian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVolmAeC-Ss


12 posted on 02/17/2010 7:08:54 PM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: sinanju

The F/A-18 Super Hornet can land itself on a pitching carrier without pilot assistance.

No self respecting naval aviator will allow it to do so.


13 posted on 02/17/2010 7:09:55 PM PST by PittsburghAfterDark
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To: sonofstrangelove

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14 posted on 02/17/2010 7:10:35 PM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (We are unable to transmit through conscious neural interference.)
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To: sinanju

Think Predator with a pilot at remote controls.


15 posted on 02/17/2010 7:12:08 PM PST by SZonian (There are times when we have to tell loved ones truths that hurt. We do so because we care for them.)
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To: DariusBane

Oh Yes.


16 posted on 02/17/2010 7:18:09 PM PST by GeronL (I pledge allegiance to the Principles of the Bill of Rights and to protect and defend it...)
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To: TokuMei

It’s a carrier based baby B2!


17 posted on 02/17/2010 7:23:33 PM PST by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
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...and better yet, put an extra reactor on board to make hydrazine to fuel these puppies. would that make them ‘green’?


18 posted on 02/17/2010 7:42:06 PM PST by mynameisjohngalt
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To: sonofstrangelove

Why are these UCV’s starting to remind me of those in the Terminator movies? lol


19 posted on 02/17/2010 8:13:00 PM PST by patriot preacher (To be a good American Citizen and a Christian IS NOT a contradiction. (www.mygration.blogspot.com))
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To: DesertRhino

Sounds like you and I are the only ones who remember the B-47. It was quite and airplane and filled the gap between the B-36 and the B-52.


20 posted on 02/17/2010 8:18:15 PM PST by calex59
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