THE
X-47B
In July
10, 2013 ) the Navy successfully conducted
take-offs and landings from a fairly new nuclear aircraft carrier,
the USS George H.W. Bush, with a new stealth jet called the X-47B.
What
is so different about this plane is the fact that it
is a 'drone'.
Yes,
it is completely
unmanned.
Drones
come
in all sizes, and the X-47B
is
likely one of the larger ones.
What
is so ironic about all of this is, the fact that the
enemy cannot detect a plane like this in
the
first place.
In the unlikely event they get lucky at shooting one down, there will
be no human loss of life or captivity. As
you view
the flight deck crew signaling the plane, they are simply signaling
the on-board cameras, who in turn are being manned by staff inside
the command intelligence center
( CIC ) onboard the ship.
Also
check out the short distance this plane needs for a takeoff.
Impressive indeed.
It is pretty neat, but it makes you wonder about all the stuff out there that we will never see nor hear about.
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