The Military Thread

shorebird · February 12, 2010, 01:55:39 PM

The brand new Navy aircraft, X-47B, will be unmaned, able to refuel in the air, and land on an aircraftcarrier. It will also have supermanuverability, being able to do things a manned aircraft can't, like pulling turns upwards of 8 to 9 g's, the point were pilots normally pass out. Friggen' amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/v/B-K4pk25zD4&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/v/kBrVRTVNph0

Drunkmasterflex · February 12, 2010, 02:01:20 PM

I love military shtein as much as the next guy, but it is sad when you need something like that. 4,500 lbs payload. That is a lot of shtein your pants. It is badass btw.

shorebird · February 12, 2010, 02:08:44 PM

Yup, no pilot means more bombs, and in the air refueling means it will be able to stay aloft almost indefinatly. There is talk of 50 hr. flights.

shorebird · February 12, 2010, 02:16:58 PM

Finally, an American rifle comparable to, if not better than, the legendary AK-47, the 6.5 Grendal.

http://www.youtube.com/v/OwtMo5-NU1A

shorebird · February 12, 2010, 02:33:49 PM

One BAMF shotgun!

http://www.youtube.com/v/tnrizaO-X00&feature=related

mussa · February 12, 2010, 02:40:51 PM

the most badass part about that Grendel is you can switch components and turn it into a .50 cal rifle. game over

Eagaholic · February 12, 2010, 02:49:45 PM

Someone needs to photoshop a parking ticket on it

hbionic · February 12, 2010, 02:54:10 PM

Where are the stickers supposed to go on that thing?

shorebird · February 12, 2010, 02:56:09 PM

Quote from: mussa on February 12, 2010, 02:40:51 PM
the most badass part about that Grendel is you can switch components and turn it into a .50 cal rifle. game over

I saw that but couldn't find it. The barrel and the magazine switch as one component. That thing can stop a truck.

shorebird · February 12, 2010, 03:00:47 PM

The X-47B is a technological marvel. No pilot means lives saved. It's the future of military aircraft. Who would have ever thought in our lifetime we'd see a unmanned plane land on an aircraft carrier? Of course, it hasn't happened yet, but most likely will.

Sgt PSN · February 12, 2010, 03:09:30 PM

being a serviceman myself, i'm obviously amazed by the technology used in modern/futuristic weaponry and the role it could play in combat and the lives it could save. being a dude, that ish gives me a stiffy.

but being a person who thinks that war is almost a completely unnecessary waste of life and serves almost no substantial purpose other than to leave millions of families sonless, fatherless, brotherless and husbandless, it's kind of sickening how much money we spend on things designed to take lives rather than invest some of it in things to preserve it.

General_Failure · February 12, 2010, 03:28:42 PM

It isn't our fault other countries aren't investing in robots to fight our robots. If they did, we'd put that shtein on PPV.

Munson · February 12, 2010, 03:33:45 PM

BattleBots was the shtein when I was younger.

Sgt PSN · February 12, 2010, 03:35:28 PM

battlebots was equally awesome and awful at the same time. and that's hard to pull off.

Drunkmasterflex · February 12, 2010, 03:49:31 PM

Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 12, 2010, 03:09:30 PM
being a serviceman myself, i'm obviously amazed by the technology used in modern/futuristic weaponry and the role it could play in combat and the lives it could save. being a dude, that ish gives me a stiffy.

but being a person who thinks that war is almost a completely unnecessary waste of life and serves almost no substantial purpose other than to leave millions of families sonless, fatherless, brotherless and husbandless, it's kind of sickening how much money we spend on things designed to take lives rather than invest some of it in things to preserve it.

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