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Old 16th Sep 2014, 00:01
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tartare
 
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Agree.
Albums went downhill after Boy.
And Bono's only mildly less irritating than that prat Geldof.
That's a very interesting article Bevo.
Had read about the`big' Sentinel and seen the wrapped in white plastic Groom Lake photos of the unidentified air-frame.
I wonder if we're entering a new era where these intriguing black UAVs remain out of the public eye for much longer before eventually being revealed to the white world - because UASs require less money and time to develop than a much larger and more complex manned equivalent.
Easier to hide an RQ-180 or a Polecat than an SR-71.
Interesting too that the Pentagon says it's learned there's utility in more widely sharing the capability of these secret platforms across the various branches of the military, rather than keeping them super-classified inside SCA programs.

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