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Radio Controlled Spy Plane

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it's-a-bird,-it's-a-plane dept.

AltGrendel writes: "The US Air Force is sending a radio controlled spy plane on a test flight from Califonina to Australia. Details from Yahoo are here. I like the bit about the early flight termination due to a bad command, maybe someone will hack the control signals and fly it to their home?"

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  1. What if the computer is *too* smart? by Ukab+the+Great · · Score: 4

    will it develop a sense of self preservation and crash-land in China?

  2. Despite the war on drugs... by Glowing+Fish · · Score: 4

    Despite the "war on drugs", it seems that our nations secret security forces still enjoy a bong hit of their own.

    dudes...you know what would be awesome??? Remember when we used to, like, fly rc airplanes? Can you imagine making a spy plane out of one of those?

    (Gurgles)

    Dude, is that shit laced? Your ideas are always so crazy!

    (Gurgles)

    Yeah, that's what you said about fixing the Florida election...now back to my spyplane...we can run it all off a nine volt battery!

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    Hopefully I didn't put any [] around my words.