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"...United States military and its industry partners may have already developed next-generation technologies that have the potential to drastically change the a

by lykr0n 7y ago

"...United States military and its industry partners may have already developed next-generation technologies that have the potential to drastically change the aerospace field, and human civilization, forever..." I believe it. I remember how the Bin Laden raid was executed with stealth helicopters- low noise and radar profiles. Came out of nowhere. And wasn't there a report on how the Navy hinted at all the UFO sightings were from tech they had to make ghost jets?

duelingjello 7y ago
Conflating tinfoil, deep fakes and specialty stealth together isn't helpful. The claim the general made is without evidence, and possibly without merit. He could be wishing for things that are vaporware aspirationally, like John McAfee does, and the press gobbles it up as clickbait/chumbox fodder.
- jerome-jh 7y ago
  And the article is so vague we can hardly call that "claims".
dogma1138 7y ago
They didn’t came out of nowhere. The US used “stealth” helicopters in Vietnam nicknamed the quiet one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_helicopter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_helicopter It allowed them to send covert missions into north Vietnam, ironically it was initially developed for commercial civilian purposes as a quiet helicopter can be used for helicopter taxis and inner city travel more easily. The US having stealth versions of the Blackhawk has been rumored since the 90’s it was less about if they can make them but if there’s an actual budgetary justification for them. For the bin laden raid they used what essentially was scrapped prototypes and one of them crashed on landing during the raid. RAM, low signature composites and acoustic improvements are hardly technologies that can described as which will drastically change the aerospace field.
- wil421 7y ago
  I don’t believe the helicopter crashed due to its stealth features. It was too close to a wall and had problems with lift.
  - dogma1138 7y ago
    It crashed because it was a prototype with stability issues, quite likely tied to some of its stealth characteristics including the muffling of the blade and it’s weight distribution due to the use of composites. The scene in the movie where one of the SEALs breaks through the fuselage when walking on top of the downed helicopter to plant the demo charge was taken from the redacted after action report and interviews with the team members so it’s quite possible that a normal Blackhawk might have managed to perform a hard landing instead of a crash.

by lykr0n 7y ago

duelingjello 7y ago

Conflating tinfoil, deep fakes and specialty stealth together isn't helpful. The claim the general made is without evidence, and possibly without merit. He could be wishing for things that are vaporware aspirationally, like John McAfee does, and the press gobbles it up as clickbait/chumbox fodder.

jerome-jh 7y ago
And the article is so vague we can hardly call that "claims".

dogma1138 7y ago

They didn’t came out of nowhere. The US used “stealth” helicopters in Vietnam nicknamed the quiet one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_helicopter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_helicopter It allowed them to send covert missions into north Vietnam, ironically it was initially developed for commercial civilian purposes as a quiet helicopter can be used for helicopter taxis and inner city travel more easily. The US having stealth versions of the Blackhawk has been rumored since the 90’s it was less about if they can make them but if there’s an actual budgetary justification for them. For the bin laden raid they used what essentially was scrapped prototypes and one of them crashed on landing during the raid. RAM, low signature composites and acoustic improvements are hardly technologies that can described as which will drastically change the aerospace field.

wil421 7y ago
I don’t believe the helicopter crashed due to its stealth features. It was too close to a wall and had problems with lift.
- dogma1138 7y ago
  It crashed because it was a prototype with stability issues, quite likely tied to some of its stealth characteristics including the muffling of the blade and it’s weight distribution due to the use of composites. The scene in the movie where one of the SEALs breaks through the fuselage when walking on top of the downed helicopter to plant the demo charge was taken from the redacted after action report and interviews with the team members so it’s quite possible that a normal Blackhawk might have managed to perform a hard landing instead of a crash.