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Post by R35T NO MORE on Jan 3, 2017 14:22:02 GMT
Saw this pic and wondered if this is photoshopped or real. I'm wondering about the aircraft on the on the flight deck, that is on the runway part. It's far too small to be a B-2 and the wrong colour, and it isn't an F-17 either. Any ideas?
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Post by SpartacusDiablo on Jan 3, 2017 14:35:47 GMT
Saw this pic and wondered if this is photoshopped or real. I'm wondering about the aircraft on the on the flight deck, that is on the runway part. It's far too small to be a B-2 and the wrong colour, and it isn't an F-17 either. Any ideas? I believe it's the X-47B. It is an unmanned drone the Navy is testing. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B
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Post by R35T NO MORE on Jan 3, 2017 14:39:15 GMT
That's a drone?? US Military is developing some impressive hardware.
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Post by SpartacusDiablo on Jan 3, 2017 14:39:46 GMT
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Post by R35T NO MORE on Jan 3, 2017 14:52:22 GMT
Sounds like you've done some really interesting work mate. I can't imagine how complex those things must be. I didn't think any would look similar to piloted aircraft yet.
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Post by Niles Y93 on Jan 3, 2017 17:15:09 GMT
Sounds like you've done some really interesting work mate. I can't imagine how complex those things must be. I didn't think any would look similar to piloted aircraft yet. The complexity is increased when you find out it is the first (and currently only) unmanned drone to successfully land on a carrier....autonomously.
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Post by R35T NO MORE on Jan 3, 2017 17:55:14 GMT
Sounds like you've done some really interesting work mate. I can't imagine how complex those things must be. I didn't think any would look similar to piloted aircraft yet. The complexity is increased when you find out it is the first (and currently only) unmanned drone to successfully land on a carrier....autonomously. Considering most human pilots would struggle to that themselves, that's pretty insane. Is it going to be used for recon or is it capable or air-to-air and air-to-ground combat?
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Post by SpartacusDiablo on Jan 3, 2017 18:55:37 GMT
The complexity is increased when you find out it is the first (and currently only) unmanned drone to successfully land on a carrier....autonomously. Considering most human pilots would struggle to that themselves, that's pretty insane. Is it going to be used for recon or is it capable or air-to-air and air-to-ground combat? As of right now I've heard the Navy is thinking about using it as a tanker. The current fighter wing has notoriously short legs when it comes to strike range so an unmanned stealthy tanker makes sense.
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Post by imhidingshh on Jan 3, 2017 19:01:43 GMT
The UK are playing with one like that too R35T, ours is mainly a recon drone although I think some will have an internal bomb bay. They won't be on our carriers though.
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Jan 3, 2017 19:22:34 GMT
The UK are playing with one like that too R35T, ours is mainly a recon drone although I think some will have an internal bomb bay. They won't be on our carriers though. That's the BAe Taranis, I think: Of course, though, it isn't carrier-capable (because we haven't got any carriers or carrier planes. Cameron, you fucker).
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Post by I AM The Scouting Authority. on Jan 3, 2017 19:56:31 GMT
Considering most human pilots would struggle to that themselves, that's pretty insane. Is it going to be used for recon or is it capable or air-to-air and air-to-ground combat? As of right now I've heard the Navy is thinking about using it as a tanker. The current fighter wing has notoriously short legs when it comes to strike range so an unmanned stealthy tanker makes sense. Any shorter legs and you'll be calling the fighter wing a dwarf wing
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Post by SpartacusDiablo on Jan 3, 2017 19:59:02 GMT
The UK are playing with one like that too R35T, ours is mainly a recon drone although I think some will have an internal bomb bay. They won't be on our carriers though. That's the BAe Taranis, I think: Of course, though, it isn't carrier-capable (because we haven't got any carriers or carrier planes. Cameron, you fucker). Don't worry. Soon you'll have some of these! www.antiwar.com/photos/f35-moneydump.jpg
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Post by SpartacusDiablo on Jan 3, 2017 20:00:25 GMT
As of right now I've heard the Navy is thinking about using it as a tanker. The current fighter wing has notoriously short legs when it comes to strike range so an unmanned stealthy tanker makes sense. Any shorter legs and you'll be calling the fighter wing a dwarf wing It could be worse. We could only be using the legacy Hornet... At least the pilots would never have to worry about loosing sight of the ship!
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Jan 3, 2017 20:00:31 GMT
That's the BAe Taranis, I think: Of course, though, it isn't carrier-capable (because we haven't got any carriers or carrier planes. Cameron, you fucker). Don't worry. Soon you'll have some of these! www.antiwar.com/photos/f35-moneydump.jpgFucking yay.
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Post by I AM The Scouting Authority. on Jan 3, 2017 20:17:20 GMT
Any shorter legs and you'll be calling the fighter wing a dwarf wing It could be worse. We could only be using the legacy Hornet... At least the pilots would never have to worry about loosing sight of the ship! All they need do is give them a decent engine. The EJ200 would slip easily in there I reckon.
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Post by imhidingshh on Jan 3, 2017 20:20:30 GMT
The UK are playing with one like that too R35T, ours is mainly a recon drone although I think some will have an internal bomb bay. They won't be on our carriers though. That's the BAe Taranis, I think: Of course, though, it isn't carrier-capable (because we haven't got any carriers or carrier planes. Cameron, you fucker). It never would've worked on the Invincible class anyway, but they may be able to work something to make it Queen Elizibeth Carrier compatible.
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Post by imhidingshh on Jan 3, 2017 20:22:49 GMT
They're lowering the price of them before we get the rest of our Carrier ones i think, saw something on FB about it earlier.
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Jan 3, 2017 20:26:21 GMT
They're lowering the price of them before we get the rest of our Carrier ones i think, saw something on FB about it earlier. You'd want a discount after the bloody debacle the whole damned thing's been, eh? Still, at least we're buying those new Poseidons to replace the Nimrod. I mean, it'll only have been six years we've been without a maritime reconnaissance aircraft, what's so bad about that?
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Post by SpartacusDiablo on Jan 3, 2017 20:32:22 GMT
They're lowering the price of them before we get the rest of our Carrier ones i think, saw something on FB about it earlier. Read the fine print on some the pricing. I've seen a couple of articles where they are pricing the jet...without an engine. Who the hell buys a jet without an engine?
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Jan 3, 2017 20:35:38 GMT
They're lowering the price of them before we get the rest of our Carrier ones i think, saw something on FB about it earlier. Read the fine print on some the pricing. I've seen a couple of articles where they are pricing the jet...without an engine. Who the hell buys a jet without an engine? People without carrier aircraft... We could probably make our own engine anyway, RR do excellent engines.
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