On Jul 8, 3:09*pm, clyde61 wrote:
Here are a couple of pictures of the Navy's NP-3D, which I believe is
stationed at Patuxent River NAS.http://www.flickr.com/photos/9632389@N03/3702385420/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9632389@N03/3702385394/

Anybody know exactly what the Navy is doing with this plane? It seems
to me to be part of a test program of some sort.

I don't understand why they don't just arm up a satellite with all
that is on this airplane.

What is the reason for using an airplane to do this instead of a
satellite?