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so there is a boeing company person in here pumping up boeing for some reason....... any one know who or why ...
this is a non event....
bump in anticipation of more pictures.
That bird looks mighty different from the first two prototypes.
This I like! Now any red-blooded American can fight a war anywhere on the planet from their homes!
Technology BUMP! (already envisioning the next genertion)
ACK! It's got GE engines!
The same engine that F-18s use.
OHOHOH Can I have one?
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Not that pics mean much, but that thing even looks bad ass!
It's going to be a strange day when the first enemy aircraft is wasted by an unmanned drone. But hey, why not? We fire rockets on moving cars in Yemen from a drone controled out of Langley in 2002. Why shouldn't we built this?
Red6
That's a cool looking plane.
To those who aren't In The Know, a 0.8 mach cruising speed means that's its "efficient" cruising speed. Kind of like your car is typically geared to cruise at 65 MPH. The big deal with the F22 (one of them) is that it has the ability to cruise at mach 1+ without turning on the afterburners and dumping a lot of fuel (and losing range).
Somehow, I suspect that if they want it to go supersonic, it will. Kind of like if you want your car to go over 70. Just step on the gas a little harder.
Like the plane - thanks for the pic.
How would you like to fight a war against an enemy who had a few hundred of these babies stealthing their way to the middle of (for example) Damascus, flying most of the way at 40,000 feet in the wee hours of the morning carrying 4500 pound valentine gifts?
my bet this vehicle hill be matched with metalstorm technology.
http://www.metalstorm.com/04_video_ucav.html