I'm glad to see you're still at it, bandit. We had quite a flame war over the Harrier a couple of years back.
Posted on 01/01/2008 2:50:40 PM PST by george76
I'd say that the CIA, NSA types probably already have the capability. The problem is power. Battery technology just isn't there yet---the rest of it is already feasible.
I want one of these !
They should hire some of us computer game freaks....we would take the enemy out in a heartbeat!
are oil pipelines and refineries being
attacked in Iraq?
if yes.
why can’t these drones help?
UAVs were a part of a bigger shift in the way we conduct war. I don't know what the term is this year, but infocentric warfare was a concept I used to laugh at. I envisioned some flag officer sitting in a room of big screen monitors micromanaging the battlespace. It may have started that way, but that same concept now gives troops on the ground and aircrew in the air a better view of the battlespace.
Now I realize that infocentric warfare is the key to our success. Never in history of mankind has any nation fielded a more lethal military force. Sharing info up, and more importantly, down the chain allows us to destroy more targets, with less weapons, in less time with less risk.
Welcome to someday.
Some of the bigger ones with gas engines can stay up all day ?
Wow! Do you have a link to that? I amagine this thing has a camera?
“Some of the bigger ones with gas engines can stay up all day ?”
Absolutely not true.
They can stay airborne for a week.
Thanks for the link....truly fascinating.
I've got a joystick... Piloting one of those things would be the the perfect "work from home" job for me.
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