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Anyone remember that film, STEALTH?
Topic Started: Jul 12 2010, 08:37 PM (453 Views)
Hercule Pyro
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10602105.stm

Well, fuck.
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Retrogamer!
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IT'S HERESY
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Well, at least this is a remote controlled plane, not an AI driven one.

Also, "Mk 1 Eyeball" is wittier than anything said in that abomination called a film.
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Jeffk38uk
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I for one welcome our new Remote controlled overlords.
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Keepin it odd like a motherfucking gastropod
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Taranis? That's handy: when it turns evil, it can change its name to Tyrannis.
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That's just fucking COOL.
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I got a lock on 'im...
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The Virus,Jul 13 2010
03:10 AM
Taranis? That's handy: when it turns evil, it can change its name to Tyrannis.

Sic semper, baby.
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*Yawn* Call me when it actually gets a confirmed kill.
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Being responsible
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I think Koreabot fits here nicely.
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flyboy254,Jul 13 2010
08:20 PM
*Yawn* Call me when it actually gets a confirmed kill.

Thats a rather short sighted cavalier attitude to take, don't you think? A brilliant advance of technology is a brilliant advance of technology, killing or no killing.
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Retrogamer!,Jul 13 2010
08:39 PM
flyboy254,Jul 13 2010
08:20 PM
*Yawn* Call me when it actually gets a confirmed kill.

Thats a rather short sighted cavalier attitude to take, don't you think? A brilliant advance of technology is a brilliant advance of technology, killing or no killing.

Brilliant? Yes. But this one is going up against proven drone tech already, so it has some measuring up to do, no?

Plus. American, remember? Short sighted and cavalier is pretty much our national trademark.
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flyboy254,Jul 13 2010
08:47 PM
Plus. American, remember? Short sighted and cavalier is pretty much our national trademark.

And apparently jealous of our legion of robot killing machines.
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What legion? I've heard nothing about your drones being deployed worldwide!
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Jeffk38uk
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Cause you're obviously going to place brand new military tech all over the globe the minute it finished its first MOT. what could go wrong?
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Exactly! And furthermore, I...

Lost my train of thought. Whatever. Point is, the robots are your friends.
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I was actually discounting your remark but whatever. I wouldnt judge our own drone tech so harshly and be so confident in your own simply because you were there first. I think its good the MOD finally are taking their own strdes. I think thats new subs and new destroyer ships the MOD has created over the years now.

Also, ours are in black :P
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Really I am viewing this more as an independant piece of UAV technology that, if it proves good enough, could be used by the military. But it's not in isolation a military only technology. I recall the British Police were very interested in UAV's recently, if not of this "jet" type, anyway.

And if they ever got any damned funding, the Coastguard could really use this sort of technology in storms to cover much more ground(sea) a lot faster.
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So what if they're black?
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Jeffk38uk,Jul 13 2010
09:04 PM
I was actually discounting your remark but whatever. I wouldnt judge our own drone tech so harshly and be so confident in your own simply because you were there first. I think its good the MOD finally are taking their own strdes. I think thats new subs and new destroyer ships the MOD has created over the years now.

Also, ours are in black :P

Those new Destroyers? The Daring Class? They're being built less than a mile from my flat in the Glasgow Clyde. Best damn ship on the planet they are. Like the Bugatti Veyron of Naval Warfare.
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To be fair, the US do have one thing over us. NASA commandos.

http://io9.com/341701/james-bonds-greatest-space-battle
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Jeffk38uk,Jul 13 2010
10:24 PM
To be fair, the US do have one thing over us. NASA commandos.

http://io9.com/341701/james-bonds-greatest-space-battle

Oh shit, they've found out!
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Jeffk38uk,Jul 13 2010
10:24 PM
To be fair, the US do have one thing over us. NASA commandos.

http://io9.com/341701/james-bonds-greatest-space-battle

Those weren't "NASA Commandos".

They were, quite literally, SPACE MARINES! >:)

(And that flick did get one aspect of space combat correct: In Space, there is no such thing as a "minor hit". :P )

As to the Combat UAV: It's still using multi-thousand-dollar tech to kill $5-per-month irregular infantry armed with $50 AK-47s. Who knew that World War Three would not happen due to it costing far too much? >:)
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It's combat aircraft, it's not really designed for a conflict involving the kind of foe we face in Afghanistan. Think of it as looking to the future.
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Eastwood,Jul 14 2010
09:25 AM
It's combat aircraft, it's not really designed for a conflict involving the kind of foe we face in Afghanistan. Think of it as looking to the future.

For when the European Alliance go to war against the Pan-American Confederacy over one of the three major space elevators?
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Jeffk38uk,Jul 14 2010
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Eastwood,Jul 14 2010
09:25 AM
It's combat aircraft, it's not really designed for a conflict involving the kind of foe we face in Afghanistan. Think of it as looking to the future.

For when the European Alliance go to war against the Pan-American Confederacy over one of the three major space elevators?

Still won't happen -- instead of armies, they'll have economists. Why fight someone, when you can create the same effect by trashing his economy? :)
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Bankers are the new soldiers. It all makes sense now...
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