Stealth tech is needed for radar. We aren't fighting radar equipped enemies in Afghanistan. So what is this plane based out there for? Hmmm. Could it be doing missions OUTSIDE Afghanistan, not against Taliban or terrorists but something or someone else?
Iran maybe?
It looks like an unfinished UAV I saw at an airshow a while back in an exhibit on unmanned aircraft.
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;18705630]Stealth tech is needed for radar. We aren't fighting radar equipped enemies in Afghanistan. So what is this plane based out there for? Hmmm. Could it be doing missions OUTSIDE Afghanistan, not against Taliban or terrorists but something or someone else?
Iran maybe?[/QUOTE]
Just because we aren't at war with equipped enemies now does not mean we should totally disregard military advancement.
Hell, there's not a navy we will fight any time soon that compares to ours, yet we still make better, faster, stealthier ships.
Research and Development is half the battle in modern war.
[QUOTE=Detective P;18703502]Too bad the Aurora either never existed or was phased out by now. I got the book in my room, and wrote the TinWiki article on the thing a few years back.
Anyhow this thing looks cool. We prolly have a few hundred different secret aircraft that we never use, never complete, or never get very far. Every once in a while we'll get some that we use for a good 5-10 years before we even announce their existence, but that's getting harder to do now a'days. We did that with the F-117, SR-71 and B2.[/QUOTE]
Yeah. I still wish it was real. Sounds and looks like such a badass.
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Hate to break it to you but this is nothing top secret. From what I can tell it looks just like your basic UCAV design. Every country with money and a military is making their own design.
See some pictures of everyone's UCAVs here: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_combat_air_vehicle[/url]
Hardly anything to get your conspiracy theorist panties in a knot.
There's nothing "secret" about this.
[url]http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2fd_1173442633[/url]
It was on fucking Future Weapons.
[QUOTE=Enishi;18705928]There's nothing "secret" about this.
[url]http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2fd_1173442633[/url]
It was on fucking Future Weapons.[/QUOTE]
Except that's not the plane shown in OP.
[QUOTE=Yahnich;18700873]Swamp gas
[highlight](User was banned for this post ("Meme reply" - Gurant))[/highlight][/QUOTE]
When did swamp gas become a meme?
I thought it was spotted over Russia or something and a conflict would be created :tinfoil:
[QUOTE=Hmn30;18707663]I thought it was spotted over Russia or something and a conflict would be created :tinfoil:[/QUOTE]
Know how many times since 2002 we've spotted Russian aircraft over NATO airspace, or over Japan?
Around 20 or so. I'll bet the Russians have done the same thing. At this point no one's going to fight over violating airspace, everyone knows we can't risk a war between superpowers and we're all dependent on each other now.
[QUOTE=Detective P;18707810]Know how many times since 2002 we've spotted Russian aircraft over NATO airspace, or over Japan?
Around 20 or so. I'll bet the Russians have done the same thing. At this point no one's going to fight over violating airspace, everyone knows we can't risk a war between superpowers and we're all dependent on each other now.[/QUOTE]
Funny how "Makarov" is "saying" this
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but yeah I see your point
That looks almost as cool as my plane that's been made from paper a few years back.
[QUOTE=Reflectent;18704179]If it's so secret why did we see it?
conspiracy :tinfoil:[/QUOTE]
You didn't see anything.
Why the fuck would a UAV have a canopy?
Its not a UAV...
I remember seeing stuff about this plane back in like '97
it's sort of the successor to [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Tacit_Blue]Tacit Blue[/url]
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[QUOTE=Squeaken;18709379]Why the fuck would a UAV have a canopy?
Its not a UAV...[/QUOTE]
to house all the guts to make it a UAV
[QUOTE=PartyPancake;18707636]When did swamp gas become a meme?[/QUOTE]
When people thought it was funny to post "Swamp Gas" or "Weather Balloon" in every Air Force / Alien / Ghost thread so much that it became annoying and unfunny.
[QUOTE=PartyPancake;18707636]When did swamp gas become a meme?[/QUOTE]
a long time ago
There's a bunch of top secret jets and weapons the military makes that you may never find out about.
Mean like that flying circle thingy.
size of the wheels suggests that it is fucking tiny
[QUOTE=ser770;18701079]Appearance doesn't matter as long as it does it job.
I guess they've made a new version b 52 which is cheaper
and easier to make..[/QUOTE]
Do you know what a B-52 is?
I'll give you a hint, its a large bomber, not a tiny possibly unmanned stealth plane.
This thing is almost as small as some of the bombs the B-52 carries.
[IMG]http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/images/AIR_B-52_Ordnance_Display_lg.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Squeaken;18709379]Why the fuck would a UAV have a canopy?
Its not a UAV...[/QUOTE]
It's not a canopy. It's an Air intake for the engine. The aircraft is really small compared to manned aircraft.
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[QUOTE=laserpanda;18710110]Do you know what a B-52 is?
I'll give you a hint, its a large bomber, not a tiny possibly unmanned stealth plane.
This thing is almost as small as some of the bombs the B-52 carries.
[IMG]http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/images/AIR_B-52_Ordnance_Display_lg.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
B-52's can't sneak into enemy territory, drop ordinance/do recon, and fly back without anyone knowing, or any pilot being in danger.
Every aircraft has it's role. B-52 fill a different job than stealth UCAVs. They ain't going anywhere anytime soon. BUFF's will be with us for another 50 years at least.
This aircraft is the evolved form of the polecat most likely as the article was saying.
[url]http://www.air-attack.com/page/88/P-175-Polecat.html[/url]
Its more than likely a high altitude small stealth UAV/UCAV since that was the role of the polecat concept
Also taken from the polecat article
[quote]the company is also exploring technologies to enable low boom, supersonic flight over land and global reach.[/quote]
I know nothing of this supposed UAV.
I should certainly like to operate it though. Looks loads cooler than the dinky little Hunters we're stuck with.
Looks like an unmanned B-2 bomber.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;18711852]I know nothing of this supposed UAV.
I should certainly like to operate it though. Looks loads cooler than the dinky little Hunters we're stuck with.[/QUOTE]
yeah
war machines are so awsum
That doesnt look like a stealth. Stealths usually have straight edges to avoid reflecting waves that are used to track down planes
[QUOTE=Rubs10;18704035]It looks like one of the planes from BF1942: Secret Weapons of WW2.
Thanks.[/QUOTE]
It looks like a UAV to me.
Offtopic: Are you talking about the awesome bomber? or i'm missing something :v:
Weather ba- fuck. Beaten to it.
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