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OK, that drone carrier landing and take-off is awesome. Countries should surrender to us on principle. -- nm

Posted by Mop (190 lbs) (aka rburriel) Jul 11 '13, 09:13

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It's an autonomous craft with a human monitor that can carry "3,000 pounds worth of payload, including 1,000 pounds of air-to-surface weapons" - decline Jul 11, 09:17 3
- of course the money spent on the experimental program is now gone, so they're essentially being shipped off as museum pieces....nm - x Jul 11, 09:21
- Gah! What are the other 2,000 pounds? Are we gonna do dogfights with this thing? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:20 1
  - they're slated for retirement on bases in florida and maryland now that the experiment is over....nm - x Jul 11, 09:24

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