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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 01:29 PM
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deadly unmanned chopper

Interesting helicopter: http://www.defensereview.com/article846.html
 
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 01:45 PM
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I wouldn't want to be at the wrong end of that heli.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 03:17 PM
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WOW no pilot!! that would cut the whining down by 33% for me. do they have the larger size for HEMS?
 
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 04:19 PM
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Very impressive. soon we'll have robots instead of humans on the front lines fighting our wars I bet. this is cool to see new advances in technology like this.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 08:46 PM
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Just as long as the good ole US of A and company stay ahead of the curve.

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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 09:05 PM
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Imagine a stripped AH-64 with geosat telemetry...

Fella's - it's getting downright scarey!
 
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 09:19 PM
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Once this thing is made reliable, they will be building them bigger and badder with an ammo payload like a Warthog.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 09:47 PM
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Just as long as Skynet (Cyberdyne Systems Corporation for Strategic Air Command-North American Aerospace Defense Command) doesn't build them.
 
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Indeed, sierraben. Joe Haldeman has written some neat sci-fi based on robots waging war. Looking more plausible every day.

While the USA has fallen behind in a number of manufacturing areas, we still lead the world in advanced weapon systems. I guess if you're going to be good at something, that would be it.
 
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this is cool. I want one
 
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this is cool. I want one
If you weren't into R/C before...... this will do it.
 
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