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Originally posted by ShadowXIX
I always thought they new stealth UCAVs were going to replace the F-117. Something like the X-45 UCAV since they share the same roles more then the F-35 and F-117.
Originally posted by jetsetter
Little off topic but there is no real high tech testing going on at Area 51. Would you test secret concepts with a bunch of people arround looking for something to photograph.
Originally posted by Murcielago
Originally posted by ShadowXIX
I always thought they new stealth UCAVs were going to replace the F-117. Something like the X-45 UCAV since they share the same roles more then the F-35 and F-117.
I think they all help fill its role after its retired, its kinda funny that we will probably be done with our 1st gen stealth while other countries havn't even made 1 yet.
Originally posted by Murcielago
Originally posted by jetsetter
Little off topic but there is no real high tech testing going on at Area 51. Would you test secret concepts with a bunch of people arround looking for something to photograph.
Look at maps a satellite photos, its a big chunk of land, ownd by military and has tighter security then the white house.
Its the PERFECT place to do R&D and test the craft all in the same place, under a very dark vail of secrecy. There are several sat photos on the net, and you can never find not even ONE that shows something out of the ordinary, it even looks as though they have painted the runway on both sides a sandy color to makes people think its inactive, but the truth is its always been very active.
There is a HUGE public interest of the place but nobody even dares to go past the signs that say "Use of deadly force authorized". I cant think of a better place to test black projects, after all these years and still no one who worked there has come forward about things going on there (maybe Bob Lazar, but i'm not sure on that one yet).
They even grabbed more land years back, when the gained a mountain to there land mass, they did it because telescopes were getting very good and people weren't pointing them up, they were hooking them to their computers and taking pics and recording real time video, so they took the whole damn mountain.
Jetsetter
Just think. If everyone is looking at 51 then you could do testing elsewhere without much worry. It is a diversion. They bring cars and people in, do a few weird things and you got every person with a camara out there just looking at Area 51.