As a side note, one of the partners that we're working with in the UAS world actually has their system named Skynet...Stat Monitor Repairman said:
I find it quite amusing..
As a side note, one of the partners that we're working with in the UAS world actually has their system named Skynet...Stat Monitor Repairman said:
Once again, play dumb if you want but remember to keep the act separate from reality.CanyonAg77 said:chickencoupe16 said:https://breakingdefense.com/2021/11/a-mothership-finally-recovers-darpas-gremlins-drone-but-its-not-all-good-news/CanyonAg77 said:Doing what?Bellards Boys said:
No movie...been doing it for decades
Well, that's cool, but the other poster was implying it was Chinese who were grabbing the drone...with an American-registered plane.
I reach down...fc2112 said:CanyonAg77 said:samurai_science said:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/france-fighter-jet-ejection-scli-intl/index.html
A 64-year-old man accidentally ejected himself from a fighter jet at 2,500 feet
An untrained old guy, not a pilot, not even an aviation buff, has exactly what to do with an elite Marine Corps aviator?
Pretty much impossible to accidently eject from an F-35. The large, bright yellow and black striped handle is quite hard to mistake for anything else.
For someone complaining about playing dumb, you're well into it.chickencoupe16 said:Once again, play dumb if you want but remember to keep the act separate from reality.CanyonAg77 said:chickencoupe16 said:https://breakingdefense.com/2021/11/a-mothership-finally-recovers-darpas-gremlins-drone-but-its-not-all-good-news/CanyonAg77 said:Doing what?Bellards Boys said:
No movie...been doing it for decades
Well, that's cool, but the other poster was implying it was Chinese who were grabbing the drone...with an American-registered plane.
I provided a link showing that the drone recovery wasn't a movie and you went on about how Bellards Boys was was wrong because this is an American plane. It was a dumb "gotcha" that never made any sense, not a joke.CanyonAg77 said:For someone complaining about playing dumb, you're well into it.chickencoupe16 said:Once again, play dumb if you want but remember to keep the act separate from reality.CanyonAg77 said:chickencoupe16 said:https://breakingdefense.com/2021/11/a-mothership-finally-recovers-darpas-gremlins-drone-but-its-not-all-good-news/CanyonAg77 said:Doing what?Bellards Boys said:
No movie...been doing it for decades
Well, that's cool, but the other poster was implying it was Chinese who were grabbing the drone...with an American-registered plane.
The "American registered" part was a joke, because the plane had an obvious American N number, and I had even asked what movie it was from. That very plane has been used in several roles, including a couple of movies.
I didn't know it was an actual drone catch.
One more try, if "Bellards Boys" wasn't implying the Chinese took the plane, using a stock photo of an unrelated drone catch, exactly what was he implying?
Caliber said:
Well they've got everyone hyped about a missing F35... So, what is it that we really are not supposed to be pay attention to today?
Caliber said:
Well they've got everyone hyped about a missing F35... So, what is it that we really are not supposed to be pay attention to today?
There is no question that he meant the Chinese captured the drone. Your confusion is that he never implied it was done with an American aircraft and that similar technology is real and not only found in movies.CanyonAg77 said:
So no answer as to what Bellard's Boys meant?
Well...part of the point of the F-35 is that its radar signature is tiny, so seeing it on a radar is not something I'd hope we could do easily...CSTXAg92 said:
The American public is so damn gullible it almost hurts sometimes.
I mean, the idea that we can't find our own downed F35 (that a pilot ejected from?!?) is about as ridicules as Hillary's response when she was asked did she wipe her server, "What? Like with a cloth?"
Every iPhone and Android cellphone in the world can be geolocated to within feet of its location within seconds of a click of a button. Airplanes in the air have flight plans filed and are on radar from takeoff to landing. The telemetry that a fighter jet (and ejection seat!) transmit the instant that ejection handle is pulled is military grade, industrial strength compared to any consumer cellphone. The idea that a F35 fighter jet can't be found after the pilot ejected is just ludicrous and infuriating. Not infurating because it can't be found (I **GUARANTEE** it's location is ABSOLUTELY known), but because the 'we lost an F35' lie would be told in the first place. Trust me on this... if the military did somehow lose a plane, do you think anyone would **EVER** know about it?? HELL NO.
Hang on, were any of Obama's servant staff involved?aggiehawg said:
Lake Moultiie is man made and about 30 feet at its deepest. Lake Marion, also man made has an everage depth of just under 14 feet but a deep part that is over 70 feet deep.
If the jet crashed into either one of those lakes, shouldn't be that difficult to find some type of wreckage.
CSTXAg92 said:
The American public is so damn gullible it almost hurts sometimes.
I mean, the idea that we can't find our own downed F35 (that a pilot ejected from?!?) is about as ridicules as Hillary's response when she was asked did she wipe her server, "What? Like with a cloth?"
Every iPhone and Android cellphone in the world can be geolocated to within feet of its location within seconds of a click of a button. Airplanes in the air have flight plans filed and are on radar from takeoff to landing. The telemetry that a fighter jet (and ejection seat!) transmit the instant that ejection handle is pulled is military grade, industrial strength compared to any consumer cellphone. The idea that a F35 fighter jet can't be found after the pilot ejected is just ludicrous and infuriating. Not infurating because it can't be found (I **GUARANTEE** it's location is ABSOLUTELY known), but because the 'we lost an F35' lie would be told in the first place. Trust me on this... if the military did somehow lose a plane, do you think anyone would **EVER** know about it?? HELL NO.
Even without a RADAR signature, we know where the plane took off from, we know the destination, we know the flight path between the two points. The telemetry from the ejection seat will tell us the coordinates, altitude, speed, etc when the ejection handle was pulled, etc. Modeling the likely location of the plane from that data (and who knows what else the transponder collects and transmits) is absolutely something our military can do.Ag with kids said:Well...part of the point of the F-35 is that its radar signature is tiny, so seeing it on a radar is not something I'd hope we could do easily...CSTXAg92 said:
The American public is so damn gullible it almost hurts sometimes.
I mean, the idea that we can't find our own downed F35 (that a pilot ejected from?!?) is about as ridicules as Hillary's response when she was asked did she wipe her server, "What? Like with a cloth?"
Every iPhone and Android cellphone in the world can be geolocated to within feet of its location within seconds of a click of a button. Airplanes in the air have flight plans filed and are on radar from takeoff to landing. The telemetry that a fighter jet (and ejection seat!) transmit the instant that ejection handle is pulled is military grade, industrial strength compared to any consumer cellphone. The idea that a F35 fighter jet can't be found after the pilot ejected is just ludicrous and infuriating. Not infurating because it can't be found (I **GUARANTEE** it's location is ABSOLUTELY known), but because the 'we lost an F35' lie would be told in the first place. Trust me on this... if the military did somehow lose a plane, do you think anyone would **EVER** know about it?? HELL NO.
LINKQuote:
One of the most sophisticated and expensive fighter jets in the world is missing somewhere in South Carolina after a pilot was forced to eject for an unknown reason while leaving his F-35 with stealth capabilities flying in a 'zombie state.'
The incident occurred over North Charleston around 2pm Sunday as two jets, worth around $100 million each, were flying side-by-side.
The pilot ejected and parachuted safely into a residential area. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was in stable condition, said Maj. Melanie Salinas. The pilot's name has not been released.
You're almost asking the right question. I think the better question is "why are we hearing about this at all?"The Kraken said:CSTXAg92 said:
The American public is so damn gullible it almost hurts sometimes.
I mean, the idea that we can't find our own downed F35 (that a pilot ejected from?!?) is about as ridicules as Hillary's response when she was asked did she wipe her server, "What? Like with a cloth?"
Every iPhone and Android cellphone in the world can be geolocated to within feet of its location within seconds of a click of a button. Airplanes in the air have flight plans filed and are on radar from takeoff to landing. The telemetry that a fighter jet (and ejection seat!) transmit the instant that ejection handle is pulled is military grade, industrial strength compared to any consumer cellphone. The idea that a F35 fighter jet can't be found after the pilot ejected is just ludicrous and infuriating. Not infurating because it can't be found (I **GUARANTEE** it's location is ABSOLUTELY known), but because the 'we lost an F35' lie would be told in the first place. Trust me on this... if the military did somehow lose a plane, do you think anyone would **EVER** know about it?? HELL NO.
Okay, Sherlock...so why would the USMC say they haven't located it when they say they haven't ?
rebag00 said:
MCAS Beaufort only has one current F-35B squadron - VMFAT-501. The "T" stands for training. They have been providing the pilots for the entire USMC F-35B pipeline up until about a year ago. All of the rest of the squadrons at Beaufort are F/A-18C/D units (or have been placed into cadre awaiting operational F-35B deliveries). The pilot and his wingman for this F-35B flight were likely a JO trainee and a (slightly) more senior training officer.
aggiehawg said:
So was there another jet accompanying the one that's mssing? And it returned to base safely?LINKQuote:
One of the most sophisticated and expensive fighter jets in the world is missing somewhere in South Carolina after a pilot was forced to eject for an unknown reason while leaving his F-35 with stealth capabilities flying in a 'zombie state.'
The incident occurred over North Charleston around 2pm Sunday as two jets, worth around $100 million each, were flying side-by-side.
The pilot ejected and parachuted safely into a residential area. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was in stable condition, said Maj. Melanie Salinas. The pilot's name has not been released.
Single-man jet.CSTXAg92 said:
Another question... When Maverick ejected, Goose did too. Why are we hearing about only 1 pilot with the F-35? Does a F-35 pilot not have a wingman?