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Taranis: unmanned stealth jet that will hit targets in another continent
« on: July 13, 2010, 10:46:43 AM »
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Looming ominously like a space ship from Star Wars, this is the future of unmanned flight.

Defence firm BAE Systems today officially unveiled its first ever high-tech unmanned stealth jet.

The Taranis, named after the Celtic god of thunder, is about the same size as a Hawk jet and is equipped with stealth equipment and an 'autonomous' artificial intelligence system.

The plane will test the possibility of developing the first ever autonomous stealthy Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) that would ultimately be capable of precisely striking targets at long range, even in another continent.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1294037/Taranis-The-143million-unmanned-stealth-jet-hit-targets-continent.html#ixzz0tZssHzVa


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Re: Taranis: unmanned stealth jet that will hit targets in another continent
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2010, 11:11:20 AM »
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Re: Taranis: unmanned stealth jet that will hit targets in another continent
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2010, 11:28:38 AM »
The ultimate in RC hobbycraft.

There are however a rather limited set of possible opponents for whom the missions and mission profiles would seem to render it cost effective vs. cheaper UAVs and UCAVs...China, Russia, and Iran, mainly.
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Re: Taranis: unmanned stealth jet that will hit targets in another continent
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2010, 05:20:29 PM »
Waste of money as barack will likely abide by soon-to-be-forthcoming UAV bans
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Re: Taranis: unmanned stealth jet that will hit targets in another continent
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2010, 05:25:49 PM »
Quote from: RightCoast on July 13, 2010, 05:20:29 PM
Waste of money as barack will likely abide by soon-to-be-forthcoming UAV bans

Naw...he's going all PC with them...gonna load'em with nukes and let muslims fly'em.
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Re: Taranis: unmanned stealth jet that will hit targets in another continent
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2010, 05:28:44 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on July 13, 2010, 05:25:49 PM
Naw...he's going all PC with them...gonna load'em with nukes and let muslims fly'em.

Oh yeah, I forgot.
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Re: Taranis: unmanned stealth jet that will hit targets in another continent
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2010, 06:45:00 PM »
It's a Brit UAV. Doubt we'll see it anyway.
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Re: Taranis: unmanned stealth jet that will hit targets in another continent
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2010, 07:29:31 PM »
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an 'autonomous' artificial intelligence system.

This part is a bit worrying. Computer bugs happen. Sure it is nowhere near intelligent but a little bug, or a clever hack, could turn it on the people who are using it.
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Re: Taranis: unmanned stealth jet that will hit targets in another continent
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2010, 06:58:06 AM »
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Re: Taranis: unmanned stealth jet that will hit targets in another continent
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2010, 12:03:28 PM »
Quote from: Jmartin on July 13, 2010, 07:29:31 PM
This part is a bit worrying. Computer bugs happen. Sure it is nowhere near intelligent but a little bug, or a clever hack, could turn it on the people who are using it.

Reminds me of this.
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Re: Taranis: unmanned stealth jet that will hit targets in another continent
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2010, 02:34:41 PM »



This won't end well...


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