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Ask Slashdot: Can You Identify This UAV?

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 1, 2011 @10:22AM from the it's-from-the-fuuuuuture dept.

garymortimer writes "It's not as sexy as the Beast of Kandahar RQ 170 Sentinel, or as well known as a Predator. But we think the bird-shaped drone that crashed in Pakistan last week might be a U.S. special forces tool. At first it was thought to be a homemade job, but packs with FMC (which means 'Fully Mission Capable') written on them, and an American date style as well, really points to something else. sUAS News is not AvWeek or Flight International so getting scoops is tricky whilst holding down a day job. Our exclusive pictures of the damaged C130 that struck an RQ170 was pretty good for us. We would love to identify this drone. Maybe it is just a homebrew job, maybe it's not. It's not a Festo Smartbird, though, the most popular choice of pundits."

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Its a... by TWX · 2011-09-01 10:23 · Score: 5, Funny

This is an espresso machine. No, no wait. It's a snow cone maker...

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1. Re:Its a... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-09-01 10:26 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Obviously it's a swamp-gas weather balloon manufactured by ACME.
2. Re:Its a... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-09-01 10:36 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  This is a Soviet MIRV-Six, from an SS-22N launch vehicle. The warhead contains 14.5 kilos of enriched uranium, with a plutonium trigger. The nominal yield is 10 kilotons.
  I love that movie.
3. Re:Its a... by gnapster · 2011-09-01 10:44 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Heck, I thought it was hilarious without knowing it was a film reference.
4. Re:Its a... by Anrego · 2011-09-01 10:47 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I love that movie.. but damn... If you quoted that from memory, please help yourself to a free internet on the way out the door!
5. Re:Its a... by smitty97 · 2011-09-01 11:35 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Do you know what those things can do? Suck the paint off your house and give your family a permanent orange afro.
  wait, wrong movie...
  
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6. Re:Its a... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-09-01 12:17 · Score: 0, Funny
  
  You're a troll! I'm a troll! The whole forum is a troll!
It's the next Apple product by Megahard · 2011-09-01 11:12 · Score: 5, Funny

Somebody lost it in a bar.

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