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Boeing Bird of Prey Stealth Fighter

Posted by michael on from the warbird-and-d-7-coming-next dept.

An anonymous submitter writes: "Revealed: Boeings new secret stealth bat-plane! For years stealthchasers (those guys who sneak around secret USAF test bases in search of secret aircraft) knew the Bird Of Prey existed. They knew it was being tested over the secluded Nellis Air Force Base ranges in Nevada. They knew what hangar it was being secreted away in at Nellis (on the northeast corner) and they even managed to obtain a squadron patch depicting the aircraft itself!... but the government still denied its existance until today. At a ceremony at Boeing's St Louis plant their super-secret Bird Of Prey batplane was revealed today for the world to see and marvel at. You can view exclusive photos of it at popsci.com and projectblack.net."

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  1. Stealthy yes....but fighter? by bravehamster · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    It looks like just about the damn sweetest flying thing I've ever seen, but it's usefulness as a fighter plane is highly doubtful. The purpose of a fighter plane is to shoot down other planes. Once you hook missiles up to this thing, it's cross section goes to hell, what with the pylons and all. So....is thing going to be so stealthy it can sneak up and hit something with it's guns? Or are they designing new missiles for it too, a process which can take just as long as a new plane?


    One thing's for sure - anythings better than the flying turd that is the F-117a.

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  2. Re:not exactly tailless! by drinkypoo · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    If you get unlazy and use the HTML features of /. then you can provide people a clickable link which does not require C&P and which does not provide a chance for people to say "here is the clickable link" and get karma for it.

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  3. Re:Gulf war? by commodoresloat · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    And why the hell was it America's job to protect the Saudis from Saddam? The Saudis are more of a long-term threat (and even short-term threat) to our interests than Saddam, as evil as he is. The Saudis had a hell of a lot more to do with 9-11. Know what the Saudis said about the American troops when we first went in to protect them from Iraq? They said we don't need to build up our forces to protect ourselves against Saddam; we'll have our white slaves take care of it. Wake up.