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Offline SunTracker

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« on: August 02, 2004, 05:28:10 PM »
Just found out it can only attain Mach 1.8.  Why so slow?

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« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2004, 05:31:46 PM »
When you're invisible you don't have to be faster than that?

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« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2004, 05:50:11 PM »
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When you're invisible you don't have to be faster than that?

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How does the pilot find it to get in it?
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« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2004, 05:54:31 PM »
Mach 1.5 without afterburner...:)
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« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2004, 06:08:45 PM »
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How does the pilot find it to get in it?


They always leave the ladder next to it, silly.



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« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2004, 06:20:52 PM »
lol, gotta admit, that is good.

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« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2004, 07:35:24 PM »
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They always leave the ladder next to it, silly.






haha thats classic, did you do that yourself or find it somewhere?

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« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2004, 08:00:55 PM »
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They always leave the ladder next to it, silly.


LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2004, 09:15:35 PM »
1.8= given away position.


BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

think about it.
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« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2004, 09:18:46 PM »
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They always leave the ladder next to it, silly.




lol dam!

This is funny chit!!!!
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« Reply #10 on: August 02, 2004, 09:22:20 PM »
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1.8= given away position.


BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

think about it.


I'm thinking about it, and I'm not sure how hearing a loud boom gives away your position.

Offline SunTracker

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« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2004, 09:35:33 PM »
Stealth is nice, but radars are all the time improving.  The safest way to prevent shoot-downs it to put as much geography between the fighter and the SAM site as possible.

Doesnt matter too much, read somewhere the USAF is working on either 7 or 17 new unmanned aerial vehicle designs.

Offline GRUNHERZ

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« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2004, 09:50:43 PM »
It's faster than that.

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« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2004, 10:11:31 PM »
 Call me when they start pumping out 20foot tall flying mecha with big laser cannons and a theme song

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« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2004, 10:27:55 PM »
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If you have speed you don't need stealth (SR-71, Mig-25). If you have stealth you don't need speed (F-117, B-2).

If you have both you rule, bigtime.


SR-71 was the first stealthy aircraft.