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CIA: Flying Skyhook Wasn't Just For James Bond, It Actually Rescued Agents

Posted by samzenpus on from the you're-outta-here dept.

coondoggie writes "This had to be one hell of a ride. The CIA today said it added a pretty cool item to its museum archives — the instruction card for officers being plucked off the ground by a contraption that would allow a person to be snatched off the ground by a flying aircraft without the plane actually landing."

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  1. Aspect ratio by SuperMooCow · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Another stupid webmaster who never learned about aspect ratios. In fact, there's also stupid people in television stations, because the amount of broadcasts with the wrong aspect ratio is rather astounding.

  2. Re:It's in the Archive so now they use... by Guppy06 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Teleporter's most likely.

    Or, y'know, a helicopter.

  3. Re:It's in the Archive so now they use... by NinjaTekNeeks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, if there was an edit function I could correct the mistakes I made, since I don't have that ability, you will just need to suffer the inconvenience it has caused you and move on with your day.

  4. Re:It's in the Archive so now they use... by Darth_brooks · · Score: 4, Insightful

    and have a radar signature that's bit more... subtle.

    [[citation needed]]

    Those big whirly things on top, and especially that big old flat one on the back, aren't the most stealthy things on earth. A helicopter's advantage comes from being able to hug the nap of the earth and hide from radar, rather than deflect it away.

    True, we used "stealth" helicopters in the bin laden raid, but my guess would be that the concern there was the super secrete stuff was 75% noise reduction 25% radar signature.

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