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I'm trying to decide what this article really is. I don't have good names for it. Another article by the same author: https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/2024
by incomingpain 3y ago
I'm trying to decide what this article really is. I don't have good names for it.
Another article by the same author: https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/2024/04/24/here-are-the-two-companies-creating-drone-wingmen-for-the-us-air-force/ https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/2024/04/24/here-are-the...
So he's fully aware of the loyal wingman projects.
Turkey has the following unmanned fighter jet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayraktar_K%C4%B1z%C4%B1lelma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayraktar_K%C4%B1z%C4%B1lelma
But the US airforce has this from 2011: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Phantom_Ray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Phantom_Ray
or this from 2003: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47A_Pegasus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47A_Pegasus
EVeryone knows about this drone from 2001: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper
The author damned well knows that the US airforce is simply being overly secretive about their current capabilities.