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I think people are mistaking a flying bomb for an actual fighter aircraft. The goal would be to overwhelm naval resources in the cramped gulf. If you have enoug
by nick_gully 14y ago
I think people are mistaking a flying bomb for an actual fighter aircraft. The goal would be to overwhelm naval resources in the cramped gulf. If you have enough people willing to do one way missions, a different sort of chariot is in mind. Considering the massed wave tactics of the Iran-Iraq war, I don't think they were thinking of making something to show at the Paris Air Show between the Lockheed and EADS booths.
- pyre 14y agoIt must be pretty expensive to create these all as basically cruise missiles with a human for guidance.
- simonh 14y agoThey'd have a hard time flying it into anything with the cockpit controls not even wired in, and no attachment points for the canopy. It also doesn't look like the landing gear is even retractable.
- Encosia 14y ago> flying bomb Otherwise known as a missile, which doesn't require designing and building a clone of the incredibly expensive F-22. Why would they waste time and money designing something that would fly slower than a missile and be much easier to shoot down? The whole thing is a poorly executed hoax.