General Atomics Avenger UAV. Looks cool, but I still harbor a preference for manned fighters, thank you.
What do you think?
To: myknowledge
What do you think? I think I want one.
2 posted on
07/29/2009 6:38:19 PM PDT by
SIDENET
("Join me or die. Can you do any less?" -Mr. Sparkle)
To: myknowledge
General Atomics? Wasn’t that a fictitious company in the Fallout series? Didn’t they make the Mr. Handy and all the pre-nuclear war robotics and military hardware?
3 posted on
07/29/2009 6:40:03 PM PDT by
PureSolace
(Trust in God)
To: myknowledge
It’s becoming more interesting what technical devices are incorporated into these systems. While the unit is unmanned and thus less problematic when shot down as it relates to loss of life, the technology lost might be quite significant.
5 posted on
07/29/2009 6:41:39 PM PDT by
DoughtyOne
(_Resident of the United States and Kenya's favorite son, Baraaaack Hussein Obamaaaa...)
To: myknowledge
Equip it with an AESA radar and air to air missiles, and build swarms of them and you have a nasty air superiority challenger.
6 posted on
07/29/2009 6:42:37 PM PDT by
ryan71
(We're in deep kimchi!)
To: myknowledge
Manned fighters against manned targets, especially others in jets. UAVs for the cowards that hide behind children and womens’ skirts.
8 posted on
07/29/2009 6:44:14 PM PDT by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
To: myknowledge
That is awesome.... no more props!
13 posted on
07/29/2009 6:57:00 PM PDT by
GeronL
(Guilty of the crime of deviationism.)
To: myknowledge
Just another Advanced Weapons System the Obama Administration can cancel to fund their Marxist Utopia.
14 posted on
07/29/2009 7:01:47 PM PDT by
Kickass Conservative
(There is nothing wrong with the Government that 552 bullets couldn't cure...)
To: myknowledge
16 posted on
07/29/2009 7:11:36 PM PDT by
Alex Murphy
("I always longed for repose and quiet" - John Calvin)
To: myknowledge
Great, now they need to down size a few and put Fifty Calibers on them. Sure as hell could make those hill climbing Afghans live hard trying to out run them, dying tired is a bitch..
17 posted on
07/29/2009 7:17:45 PM PDT by
org.whodat
(Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Swarms of UAVs instead of F22s are a great idea — until it’s dogfight time.
19 posted on
07/29/2009 7:21:11 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: myknowledge
Looks cool, but I still harbor a preference for manned fighters, thank you. What do you think?
Fighter? I don't think it's a fighter so to speak.
20 posted on
07/29/2009 7:21:26 PM PDT by
RoadKingSE
(How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash ?)
To: myknowledge
A manned fighter can pull 9Gs. An unmanned vehicle can pull betwen 20 and 35Gs.
A manned fighter has one set of eyes. An unammed can have 6 to 8, all with 100/1 zoom lenses and sensing into the IR sector.
An unmanned fighter has no pressurization, ejection seat, etc. It can also have a “crew” of 3 to 4 to operate sensors, keep situational analysis, etc.
Unmanned fighters do not create widows.
24 posted on
07/29/2009 7:30:09 PM PDT by
MindBender26
("Ok, so I screwed up... again. I'm 65. What are they going to do, send me back to Vietnam again?)
To: myknowledge
25 posted on
07/29/2009 7:33:01 PM PDT by
2111USMC
To: myknowledge
I think we have more enemies now within our borders which makes buying a lot of these a waste of money. We are being undermined from within.
27 posted on
07/29/2009 7:33:52 PM PDT by
Frantzie
(Lou Dobbs - American Hero!)
To: myknowledge
Making it a stealthy jet will mean shorter flight times than the propeller driven UAV’s in service now won’t it?
28 posted on
07/29/2009 7:34:41 PM PDT by
SeeSharp
To: myknowledge
34 posted on
07/29/2009 8:41:14 PM PDT by
papasmurf
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