#rq-4

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United States Military UAV's

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In the next few hours history will be made as a USAF RQ-4 Global Hawk Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) lands at RAF Fairford. Over two years in the planning and heralding a new era of drone operations from Gloucestershire base 👀 #AvGeek #RadioGeek #MilMonWorld l

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[kramlabs]

Explain how-the-fuck an RQ-4 Global Hawk stays airborne for 34+ hours, has a 14,000 mile range* with a 15,000 lb oversized fuselage with those skinny fucking wings?

$10 billion for 44 units. $227 million each. Fucking, EACH.

In 1998 when it first flew, you could of built it out of solid gold for JUST $72 million.

What the hell is it made of and what technology is on board that would possibly cost that much?

And where does the 17,000 lbs of god damn jet fuel go?

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*two other Northrop aircraft with oddly exceptional range:

This Is What Regret Looks Like To The US Air Force

F-23 Black Widow: Me thinks we built a fleet of these Northrop Grumman variant f-23 black widow’s and covered it up and kept it black by hi

B-2 = Biefeld–Brown Effect

As an homage to their discovery, two B’s or B-2. March 9, 1992, Aviation Week & Space Technology: “That is the reference for this and you wi

[kgyst]

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RQ-4 Global Hawk, 12th Reconnaissance Squadron

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A Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS seen in 2012 at NASA 's Armstrong Flight Research Center

[kramlabs]

Tit for tat

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Preceded by this:

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Reminder about the cost and the tech of RQ-4B:

This Is What Regret Looks Like To The US Air Force

Explain how-the-fuck an RQ-4 Global Hawk stays airborne for 34+ hours, has a 14,000 mile range* with a 15,000 lb oversized fuselage with tho

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:reminder, Iran has shot down a RQ-4 too:

The Drone Iran Shot Down Was a $220M Surveillance Monster

The Global Hawk can fly at an altitude of 55,000 feet and stay aloft for 30 hours straight.

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RQ-4 Global Hawk High-Flying Drone - Almarina News

The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-flying drone made for the US Air Force. It is capable of flying at altitudes of up to 65,000 feet and can sta