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The Few become none: RAF tests pilotless fighter
Britain’s move to an unmanned air system using giant drones is already under fire, but BAE says it is vital for our defence. Jonathan Owen sees the first test-flight footage
A futuristic pilotless stealth fighter – the most technologically advanced combat aircraft ever produced in Britain – has passed its first ever test flights in a major milestone towards taking to the skies in combat, defence chiefs have announced.
The giant-sized drone, approximately 12 metres long with a 10-metre wingspan, has been codenamed Taranis – and is so secret that few details have emerged until now.
Footage of the unmanned aircraft in flight was shown for the first time in public at a briefing by the Ministry of Defence and BAE Systems at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London.
Bill Bard says:
Why not call a Drone a Drone. They just get bigger and bigger, but still controlled by a games consul.
Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2014/02/the-few-become-none-raf-tests-pilotless-fighter/
