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Lockheed Martin has pulled the lid off of a secret, stealthy, high-flying drone. Built and flown by its famous "Skunk Works" division, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) could serve as a model for a new generation of robotic aircraft that hits targets halfway around the world.
With a 90-foot wingspan and a tailless design, the "Polecat" UAV looks like a smaller version of the B-2 stealth bomber. And like the B-2, the drone has been built to be stealthy and sneaky. But the twin-engine Polecat is "90 percent composite materials, rather than metal," the L.A. Daily News notes. "The vehicle is also made from less than 200 parts," adds Aviation Week. "Adhesives are used rather than rivets, decreasing the amount of labor needed to construct it -- that approach also contributed to a lower radar cross section inherent in the design."

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Uploaded: September 16, 2006 at 4:12 pm
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Video Comments:
ragman2008 (June 21, 2008 at 4:04 am)
please don't kill soldiers
develop these instead ....and work butt off to develop these
Terminator 4........
deadrebel2 (June 17, 2008 at 3:19 pm)
Have a look at the latest Japanese robots that are touch sensitive, they are starting with geisha girls but you can guarantee there will be a military application behind the scenes. If it doesn't send a shiver down your spine!
On the plus side, passionate sex without having to cuddle afterwards.
theunknownknows (June 19, 2008 at 7:21 am)
But cuddling almost guarantees sequel booty, dude...
fat70 (June 8, 2008 at 8:57 pm)
hi all

i am a researcher, i used to work in research programs to make this deadly thing better, but i stopped all my work concerning the UAV , i think we should stop developing this type of weapons , life will get more scary with it. that is my thinking any way
theunknownknows (June 19, 2008 at 7:22 am)
I bet someone said that about the recurve bow.
dkrustyklown (May 23, 2008 at 6:21 pm)
To those who say this is a copy of the B2 design, I would like to point out the following:

The single wing design is actually of German origin. After World War II, the US produced several prototype single wing bombers based on German specifications captured at the end of the war.

People without knowledge should shut up and never be heard from.
dkrustyklown (May 23, 2008 at 6:17 pm)
yes, a BB gun that can fire that BB 60,000 feet.

Get a grip on physics or shut up.
dkrustyklown (May 23, 2008 at 6:13 pm)
infected21soldier

Do you really think that the terminator was realistic?

Please check yourself into a mental hospital, because anyone that believes in time-traveling super robots is nuts!
infected21soldier (May 27, 2008 at 8:50 am)
i didn't say that! i meant is that everyday all these unmanned vehicles are becoming more advanced.
Allagg (May 9, 2008 at 1:22 pm)
Machines can never be as cruel as a human soldier.