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Mary Shafer wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 03:22:08 GMT, Chad Irby wrote: In article , Mary Shafer wrote: On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 20:46:54 GMT, Chad Irby wrote: Funny, I keep finding quite large ones. Like the Predator, the Darkstar, the Global Hawk, or one of several Russian designs that are basically reworked large cruise missiles or former target drones. Darkstar wasn't that big. I used to see it out on the ramp all the time. It was definitely is T-37 size class at the most. That's pretty small. http://www.fas.org/irp/program/collect/darkstar.htm The Darkstar has a 69 foot wingspan, about twice that of the T-37, and about 50 percent wider than the F-22. I consider that big. Certainly big enough to hit with cannon fire. You wouldn't be comparing it to the F-22 if you'd ever seen it. Actually, I have, and it's still really obviously big enough to shoot down with a gun. Of course you can hit it with cannon fire. You can hit a cruise missile with cannon fire, too. You just have to work at it. In visual size, the DarkStar (and most of the other "big" UAVs) are several times the size of a cruise missile, not to mention one-quarter the speed. -- cirby at cfl.rr.com Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations. Slam on brakes accordingly. |
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