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ScanEagle Sniffs Biological Threats, Tells When You Have to Start Running

Boeing Phantom Works, the guys who get to do all the awesome planes and play with the alien ships at Area 51, have modified and successfully tested ScanEagle unmanned air vehicles to "intercept, detect and fly through simulated biological plumes or clouds to collect airborne agents." This means that the aircraft above will allow troops to locate biological threats faster, all without having to use trebuchets to launch goats into danger areas to test, which is the way they probably did it before (may not be as effective, but it could be a lot funnier. Fetchez la vache!) Full details after the jump. More »

4:20 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Jesus Diaz
6,683 views, 9 comments

Latest by TheCapt: I'm sure the guys don't call these scaneagles... but probes..."Captain says he wants another probe sent out to look more »

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F-15 Eagle Literally Breaking Apart


As part of the ongoing investigation on the accident that has nearly one third of the US F-15 Eagle fleet grounded, Boeing Phantom Works has released this simulation reconstructing the "structural failure of a US Air National Guard F-15C, caused by fatigue cracking of a forward fuselage longeron, slowed down to one-fifth the actual speed of the event!" In other words: "ZOMG! The cockpit broke apart!" Fortunately, the pilot survived the extremely violent accident, which is amazing although not as incredible as the Israeli pilot who managed to land his Eagle after a crash ripped off an entire wing:
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4:30 AM on Mon Jan 14 2008
By Jesus Diaz
26,457 views, 60 comments

Latest by whiteknight89: @middy: I don't think anyone else mentioned this, but Marx wasn't a communist in the way China and Russia were more »