Gotta See This - Supersecret Bird of Prey [with video]

Popular Science, Boeing ^ | 10/18/02

[b4its2late]

kewl.

[Dog]

I want one....

[tet68]

How did you get this?

[ninonitti]

Can it be ordered with optional disruptors or photon torpedoes?

I'd like mine with outrighters and a baitwell

[CyberAnt]

I understand the pilot's part in wielding the weaponry, but what I don't see are any openings for any type of armament to be released. Of course, I realize they could be hidden openings which only open when needed (and remain closed for the purpose of aerodynamics).

But ... just what does this aircraft carry with it??

[Hot Tabasco]

Supersecret info from Boeing

Since you obviously leaked this super secret info, you are a traitor and I have just been dispatched to whack you....It will take me approx. 5 hours to get to your house so you at least have the advantage of a head start.....

[xp38]

BIRD OF PREY CLASS

Category: Stealth Warship

Length:68.2 meters est.

Height:21.9 meters est.

Width:90.6 meters est.

Mass:25,000 metric tons est.

Decks:7 est.

Crew:150 est.

Phasers:unknown

Torpedo Launchers:Plasma Torpedos

Maximum Spread:unknown

Warp Reactor:N/A

Normal Cruising Speed:Impulse

Maximum Cruising Speed:unknown

Maximum Speed:unknown

Notes: The Bird of Prey was the Romulan's early primitive warship. Originally non-warp capable the Bird of Prey depended on its cloaking device and high energy plasma torpedoes to survive. Bird of Preys were also know to carry nuclear weapons onboard to be used as a last resort.

[Barnacle]

Will it be available for Christmas?

[Elsie]

I'm sorry, but unless the forces that control aircraft lift have CHANGED since I last used them, the nose is WAY too far forward. That front will HAVE to be somekind of lifting configuration, then center of lift of the wings are way aft.

Perhaps those are merely fins to stabilize it as a rocket, but the speed is reported as too low.

Something seems fishy to me.

[Copperhead61]

Oooh.....Pretty Bird!!!

[newgeezer]

Very interesting. Thanks!

BTW, this Popular Science poll (right side of the page) caught my eye. Soon, we'll have to put Liberty on the endangered list. After "national ID" cards, national handgun registration can't be far behind.

Would you be opposed to "smart" national ID cards?

Yes:   50.3%

No:   45.1%

I'm indifferent:   4.6%


You answered:   Yes

Total number of responses: 149616