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Meet the reaper

Very high tech -- the Air Force just announced the largest Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle (UAV) ever -- The Reaper. To give you a sense of scale, here are some of the specs compared to the current big boy, the Predator:

A 900 hp turbo-prop engine, compared to the 119 hp Predator MQ-1 engine, powers the aircraft. It has a 64-foot wingspan and carries more than 15 times the ordnance of the Predator, flying almost three times the Predator's cruise speed.

That thing can open a serious can of whoop-ass -- glad these people are on our side... Posted by DaveH at April 20, 2007 8:20 PM