Taranis Unmanned Stealth Jet by BAE

The Taranis
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www.dailymail.co.uk : Taranis: The £143million unmanned stealth jet that will hit targets in another continent. By BAE

Looming ominously like a space ship from Star Wars, this is the future of unmanned flight.

Defence firm BAE Systems today officially unveiled its first ever high-tech unmanned stealth jet.

The Taranis, named after the Celtic god of thunder, is about the same size as a Hawk jet and is equipped with stealth equipment and an 'autonomous' artificial intelligence system.

The plane will test the possibility of developing the first ever autonomous stealthy Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) that would ultimately be capable of precisely striking targets at long range, even in another continent.

lmost invisible to ground radar, it is designed to travel at high jet speeds and cover massive distances between continents.

The plane is built to carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance on enemy territory using onboard sensors.

And it has been designed to carry a cache of weapons - including bombs and missiles -, giving it a potential long-range strike capability.

It can be controlled from anywhere in the world with satellite communications.

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[edit on (7/12/10) by AllSeeingI]

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Told you guys that pilots have become nothing but dead weight in todays hi-tech world.

Soon we will have drones that will zome down and tell you to stop swearing as you walk down the street.

i wonder what G's it can pull in a tight turn and will it work if China shoots down the GPS satelights.

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