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US Secret Plane Uncovered (?)
Gizmodo.com ^
| 12/01/09
| Jesus Diaz
Posted on 12/01/2009 1:23:24 PM PST by Reaganesque
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Looks alot like Boeing's X-45 or 47 but, the viewing angle makes it difficult to tell. Could simply be a variant. Who knows? Interesting pic, anyway.
To: Reaganesque
Looks like a UAV to me. They are getting bigger and bigger, it seems.
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:25:27 PM PST
by
llevrok
(Love and mental illness are similar. At first, all seems normal.)
To: llevrok
Looks like the thing that abducted and probed me the other night, oh wait, nevermind, that was just the passing of the health care plan ...
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:27:27 PM PST
by
Scythian
To: Reaganesque
I’m guessing “No canopy”.
Canopies are generally clear, and whatever that is shows no sign whatsoever of transparency. I think it’s just part of the air inlet.
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:27:51 PM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Reaganesque
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:31:21 PM PST
by
Freedom2specul8
(Vote conservative....Please pray for our Troops, our Vets, our Country, Families and Friends)
To: Reaganesque
Could it be manned, but covered so that the canopy doesn’t appear?
To: Reaganesque
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:31:49 PM PST
by
null and void
(We are now in day 314 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: Snickering Hound
Yep, it’s clearly a UAV, probably the X-47B or a smaller variant.
To: Reaganesque
Where can I get one? So, cool
better than the Acrostar” Microjet.
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:32:44 PM PST
by
ntmxx
(I am not so sure about this misdirection!)
To: Reaganesque
It looks like a UAV based roughly on the B=2 flying wing design. Without some sense of scale it’s hard to tell for sure, but that thing does not look big enough to carry a pilot.
Bet me that what looks like a canopy could be some sort of sensor array, akin to the Aegis antenna on that class of Naval vessel.
In any case this would not be the first time we were surprised by some new variant...
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:34:12 PM PST
by
Bean Counter
(Stout Hearts....)
To: Scythian
I like this one -
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:34:31 PM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
To: Reaganesque
It looks smaller (based on the wheelbase) than the x-45 or -47, but the intake profile looks like the boeing UAV prototypes. Ditto the wing profile. This thing is supposed to be an actual air-combat platform, with stealth. This particular one looks like it can’t carry more than 4 missiles, but it probably has a gun bay too. This isn’t some rinky-dink R/C-plane Predator. This is the real deal. High sub-mach, aerial maneuverability, moderate loiter, and substantial firepower.
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:35:16 PM PST
by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
To: Reaganesque
To me, it looks like this Northrup Grumman Marine stealth drone seen at the 2004 Miramar Airshow. Size and wheel configuration are spot on. Pretty cool drone indeed!
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:35:16 PM PST
by
Shortwave
(Our liberty cannot be taken away unless the people themselves the accomplices.)
To: Reaganesque
X-45 is only similar:
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:36:12 PM PST
by
frithguild
(Can I drill your head now?)
To: DuncanWaring
At one time, Boeing was working on a plane like that where the pilot was laying down. Very high tech.
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:37:15 PM PST
by
RC2
To: Shortwave
Hmmm.. only if the front wheel well covers have been modified in this variant, but I agree it is very similar.
To: Reaganesque
that looks like a UAV to me, too, one design I saw on the drawing boards in news articles kind of thing
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:41:56 PM PST
by
RaceBannon
(OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE IS SHOVEL READY...FOR SENIORS!!:: NObama. Not my president.)
To: RC2
very high tech? You’re talking about the Wright Flyer.... ;)
To: Reaganesque
...it could be a very small manned plane... Oh sure. Make fun of small people. So easy a small man could fly it?
:^)
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:43:51 PM PST
by
McGruff
(We're Going Rogue Baby!)
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