Reminder these are the really expensive ones…
UPDATE: $600+ million EACH, see bottom of post
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Also this:
. https://x.com/donaldgorbachev/status/2042363881285198198?s=46
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Reminder these are the really expensive ones…
UPDATE: $600+ million EACH, see bottom of post
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Also this:
. https://x.com/donaldgorbachev/status/2042363881285198198?s=46
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:
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
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
Previous escapades in Iran
Operation Eagle Claw
. https://www.kramlabs.com/post/641597914553139200/how-the-iran-hostage-rescue-was-supposed-to-go
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Navy Riverine crew surrendering to Iran
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RQ-4A ($200M+ drone)
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RQ-170
. https://www.tumblr.com/kramlabs/748601319017824256/httpsphysorgnews2011-12-rq-drone-ambush-facts
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Tit for tat
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Reminder about the cost and the tech of RQ-4B:
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 Global Hawk can fly at an altitude of 55,000 feet and stay aloft for 30 hours straight.
After the western military attack on Sevastopol briefly halted Russian grain transports, Moscow is back in business with a stronger hand and
https://thecradle.co/Article/Columns/17727
*Also, 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. $227,272,727 each. EACH.
In 1998 when it first flew, you could of built it out of pure gold for JUST $72,000,000. Gold was $300/ounce.
What the hell is it made of and what technology is on board that would cost that much?
Something doesn’t add up.
طائرة أمريكية مسيرة تقوم بمهمة استطلاع قرب القاعدتين الروسيتين في ميناء طرطوس و”حميميم”
قامت طائرة استراتيجية أمريكية مسيرة من طراز RQ-4B Global Hawk بمهمة استطلاع فوق الساحل السوري، حيث تملك روسيا قاعدتين عسكريتين، حسبما أوردت مصادر مختصة. ونقلت وكالة “إنترفاكس” عن المصادر الغربية المختصة بمراقبة حركة الطائرات، اليوم السبت، أن طائرة الاستطلاع المسيرة الأمريكية، التي أقلعت من قاعدة “سيغونيلا” في جزيرة صقلية الإيطالية، نفذت سلسلة من المهمات بالقرب … https://wp.me/p7LJxY-1aXW
Global Hawk'i w służbie Korei Pd.
Amerykański koncern Northrop Grumman po raz kolejny udowadnia, że ich „drogie” produkty sprzedają się całkiem nieźle.
Tym razem koncern N.G. podpisał kontrakt na ponad 657 mln $ na dostawę do Korei Pd 4 dużych bezzałogowców RQ-4B Global Hawk w wersji Block 30 wraz z „zapleczem”. Maszyny te, to jedne z największych dronów dalekiego zasięgu na świecie.
RQ-4B Block 30 Global Hawk / U.S. Air Force fot. Staff Sgt. Nathan Lipscomb
Zaplecze, to nic innego, jak zapasowe części, w tym silniki oraz naziemny system kontroli.
Kontrakt ma być zrealizowany w okresie od początku 2018r do końca lipca 2019 roku, w ramach programu Foreign Military Sales.
Zakontraktowane RQ-4B Block 30 Global Hawk’i mają być standardowo wyposażone w EISS, czyli Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite.
Jak donosi D24, Korea Pd. chciała już kupić tego rodzaju maszyny już 3 lata temu, jednak cena wówczas była dla nich zaporowa (w roku 2012 Amerykański Kongres został powiadomiony o transakcji na ok 1,2 mld $, czyli blisko 2x tyle, co finalna kwota transakcji).
fot: uasvision.com
Dla przypomnienia, RQ-4, to maszyna o szerokości blisko 40m, długa na 14,5m i wysoka na blisko 5m. Masa własna to niecałe 4 tony, startowa, to ponad 10 ton, prędkość do 650km/h, pułap 20km, kondycja do 36h i zasięg, uwaga: 14 000 km!
Pytanie tylko pozostaje jedno, po co Korei Pd. maszyny bezzałogowe o tak dużym zasięgu, skoro Koreę Pn mają tuż pod własnym nosem? ? ?
RQ-4B Block 30 Global Hawk / fot:USAF
źródło: d24
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