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Special forces to use strap-on 'stealth wings'
Daily Mail ^
| 6/6/6
| Hickley
Posted on 06/06/2006 9:10:01 AM PDT by worldclass
Elite special forces troops being dropped behind enemy lines on covert missions are to ditch their traditional parachutes in favour of strap-on stealth wings.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: imbatman; mdm
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Here comes Batman. Pretty cool stuff actually.
To: worldclass
I could imagine battalion size flocks of these guys swarming an area fast.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:11:49 AM PDT
by
lormand
(Understanding the threat of Islamofasicsm is essential to survival)
To: worldclass
You gotta have something more than "the right stuff" to do that..... holy cow!
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:12:38 AM PDT
by
kjam22
To: worldclass; Tijeras_Slim; Petronski; xsmommy; Constitution Day
I might fit in a good chortle before he kicked my a$$.
To: worldclass
Thanks for posting this article, the one I saw earlier didn't have any pics to go with. Cool stuff!
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:13:22 AM PDT
by
Reagan is King
(Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people doing it)
To: worldclass
Sounds like a Turkey shoot, or Quail hunt...I would not want to be flying around in a set of wings with someone close with a 12gauge loaded with buckshot. I say move on to another idea.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:14:10 AM PDT
by
devane617
(It's McCain and a Rat -- Now what?)
To: martin_fierro
martin you're 30 seconds faster, lol.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:14:14 AM PDT
by
Reagan is King
(Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people doing it)
To: worldclass
"strap on" chuckle...cool wings though.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:14:34 AM PDT
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
To: worldclass
"Strap-on" is a rather poor choice of words, isn't it?
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:15:19 AM PDT
by
NRA1995
(Let's all leave the US and return as undocumented trespassers....uh, immigrants)
To: worldclass
Developed by a
German
LOL! What the Messerschmidt failed to do.....
Oops, sorry. I forgot....DON'T MENTION THE WAR!
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:15:26 AM PDT
by
Churchillspirit
(We are all foot soldiers in this War On Terror.)
To: devane617
night time incursion...might be a tougher Turkey shoot than you think.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:15:44 AM PDT
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
To: Churchillspirit
U sure it wasnt developed by the Dutch? :-)
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:16:28 AM PDT
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
To: in hoc signo vinces
They're gonna glide 120 miles, at night, with VFR. They're crazy.... :)
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:17:00 AM PDT
by
kjam22
To: worldclass
Resembling a 6ft-wide pair of aircraft wings, the devices should allow a parachutist to glide up to 120miles, carrying 200lb of equipment, the manufacturers claim.*************
Wow. It is cool.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:17:30 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: worldclass
it's what every SF major aspires to, those little wings
To: devane617
Do turkeys fly in at 220 mph?
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:18:03 AM PDT
by
Sinner6
(http://www.digital-misfits.com)
To: Professional Engineer; alfa6
Stealth Ping
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:18:10 AM PDT
by
Samwise
(All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.)
To: lormand
BATTALION sized flocks won't fly into anything but each other!
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:18:11 AM PDT
by
Jumpmaster
(Teddy is all wet.)
To: worldclass
Leonardo of Da Vinci's version
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:19:48 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam Factoid:After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them.)
To: trisham
the devices should allow a parachutist to glide up to 120milesDang, and to think I worry about getting bird poop on my car.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:19:52 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(When Bush is on the same side as Ted the Swimmer on an issue, you know he's up to no good...)
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