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tisdag, januari 11, 2011

Faster, deadlier military drones being tested

An experimental spy plane took to the skies over the Mojave Desert last week in a secret test flight that may herald a new era in modern warfare with robotic planes flying higher, faster and with more firepower.
The massive Global Observer built by AeroVironment Inc. of Monrovia can fly for days at a stratosphere-skimming 65,000 feet, out of range of most antiaircraft missiles. The plane is built to survey 280,000 square miles, an area larger than Afghanistan, at a single glance. That would offer a cheaper and more effective alternative to spy satellites. /Los Angeles Times

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