7/11: Global Hawk recon plane

ndetroit · 07-11-2001, 11:40 AM

Yes, unmanned Tony, but that is both a good thing and a bad thing. From what I heard, it was (from a "military secrets" point of view) a really good thing that the crew was on board, so that they could destroy as much of the plane as possible before the Chinese showed up to technology raid it.

It's cool that they are not risking any pilots lives, but I think that they Chinese Spy-Plane episode illustrated more clearly than ever than we aren't ready to operate unmanned vehicles yet, especially in a military or intelligence type of role.......

07-11-2001, 11:40 AM	#3
ndetroit Master Locutor Join Date: May 2001 Location: vancouver Posts: 158	Yes, unmanned Tony, but that is both a good thing and a bad thing. From what I heard, it was (from a "military secrets" point of view) a really good thing that the crew was on board, so that they could destroy as much of the plane as possible before the Chinese showed up to technology raid it. It's cool that they are not risking any pilots lives, but I think that they Chinese Spy-Plane episode illustrated more clearly than ever than we aren't ready to operate unmanned vehicles yet, especially in a military or intelligence type of role.......

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