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Here’s Everything We Know About The Mysterious Air Force Plane That Just Landed, 2 Years In Space
Business Insider ^ | 5-8-2017 | Christopher Woody

Posted on 05/08/2017 10:28:21 AM PDT by blam

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To: blam

Got a snout likes S2 Viking.


21 posted on 05/08/2017 10:39:26 AM PDT by moehoward
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To: blam

Looks like a space shuttle mated with a Beech Bononza


22 posted on 05/08/2017 10:39:54 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: Jarhead9297

I would have said,

“This is unmanned, Surely?”


23 posted on 05/08/2017 10:39:57 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Rudy Guiuliani for Head of FBI)
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To: Army Air Corps

Ever been to Liby Army Airfield?


24 posted on 05/08/2017 10:40:05 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: blam

Can it knock out Fat-Un’s satellites in polar orbits?


25 posted on 05/08/2017 10:41:03 AM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: USCG SimTech

Well, those SHADO patrols can take a bit of time.


26 posted on 05/08/2017 10:41:37 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: DoughtyOne

So that’s why TCM ran “The Swarm” Sunday AM.


27 posted on 05/08/2017 10:41:37 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke

Uh oh, you’re piecing things together. There’ll be a knock on your door shortly.


28 posted on 05/08/2017 10:44:00 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: blam
What the X-37Bs have doing during those 2,085 days in orbit is less clear, however.

That's when you find out the inflight movie is Ishtar, which actually happened to me on an international flight one time. Welcome to Hell.

29 posted on 05/08/2017 10:44:26 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: beethovenfan

Can it knock out Fat-Un’s satellites in polar orbits?


Like armadillos. Needs some retrofit before hitting that mission.


30 posted on 05/08/2017 10:45:38 AM PDT by txhurl (BOOM BOOM! - what is it - :)
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To: SandRat

No, I can’t say that I have.


31 posted on 05/08/2017 10:46:54 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: txhurl

A little Bondo will take care of that.


32 posted on 05/08/2017 10:47:35 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: DoughtyOne

Hahaha


33 posted on 05/08/2017 10:47:56 AM PDT by BillyBonebrake
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To: blam

I am hoping they’ve got some good drive-thrus in space.


34 posted on 05/08/2017 10:48:17 AM PDT by boycott
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To: blam

I think it’s a safe bet that the mission is surveillance.

That being said, I really wish we had a Rods From God capability. Imagine an orbiting platform loaded with tungsten rods. Maneuver over a hot spot and, if needed, drop a heavy kinetic weapon at about Mach 10 or something.

Delivery time in just a few minutes, no chance of blocking the weapon. BOOM!

If you need to re-load, land the plane and add some more rods. It’s cheap, it’s powerful, it’s unstoppable, and there is no radiation or chemical residue.

But I imagine the plane in question simply had cameras. Sigh.


35 posted on 05/08/2017 10:48:38 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
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To: blam

Germ-proof suits as vehicle sits on open tarmac... must be a government operation...


36 posted on 05/08/2017 10:50:28 AM PDT by Gman
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To: Billthedrill

Have you recovered, or do you still suffer horrifying flashbacks?


37 posted on 05/08/2017 10:50:29 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: ClearCase_guy

That is an AWESOME idea !!!!


38 posted on 05/08/2017 10:51:29 AM PDT by bantam
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39 posted on 05/08/2017 10:52:13 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Gman

Safety suits are likely due to hydrazine in the space plane’s fuel. It is extremely toxic.


40 posted on 05/08/2017 10:54:10 AM PDT by Constitution Day (Never begin a vast project with half-vast ideas.)
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