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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."

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: September 16, 2006 at 4:12 pm
Author: Kobusnl

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Video Comments:
Allagg (May 9, 2008 at 1:22 pm)
Machines can never be as cruel as a human soldier.
rocwiler0 (May 1, 2008 at 2:46 am)
YOUR UAV IS ONLINE!!!
nobi66 (April 6, 2008 at 8:01 am)
it scares me dolls or robots and programed weapons are being produced. jar heads are the same but they have a soul. jut dont make no terminator matrix crazy bots boys that fucking shit freaks me out.
bestamerica (April 2, 2008 at 8:28 pm)
it is a secret weapon..
not need to show video in here..
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32MiRaGe (March 27, 2008 at 11:31 pm)
amazing
32MiRaGe (March 27, 2008 at 11:28 pm)
i think they should increase stealth time in the next patch
32MiRaGe (March 27, 2008 at 11:30 pm)
wrong comment forget it
MeGeKiSm (March 19, 2008 at 3:50 am)
Dude, dont be such a retard. you dont have to be such a freakin life saver. leave him be
Ushimania (March 27, 2008 at 1:59 pm)
Mmmm bananabutter up in u ass, shut up...
theunknownknows (March 10, 2008 at 1:29 am)
Nothing wrong with that.