And the world just got a little more complicated...

Argghhh!
...what with another armed robot in the skies.  I recognize that these things are, for the nonce, fiendishly expensive - but one hopes we're working as hard on the countermeasures as we are on the aircraft. before one drifts across a border inbound.  This genie is out of the bottle, and has been for a while.  Ender's Game moves one step closer...The Northrop Grumman-built US Navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) aircraft successfully completed its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Taking off under hazy skies, the X-47B climbed to an altitude of 5,000 feet, flew...

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Posted Feb 08 2011, 05:13 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..