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A comment on Navy Drone Successfully Lands on Aircraft Carrier. Parent comment
It's a drone which is at mini-scale to the actual aircraft you may be referring to.
Yes. We have stealth bomber looking drones at 1/3 scale to the actual thing.
And to your original point, this is obviously not a first, drones have been taking off and landing from aircraft carriers for years.
Why the washington post is reporting this now is a better question. They are clearly out of the loop.
Fixed wing? Such as?
It's a drone which is at mini-scale to the actual aircraft you may be referring to.
Yes. We have stealth bomber looking drones at 1/3 scale to the actual thing.
And to your original point, this is obviously not a first, drones have been taking off and landing from aircraft carriers for years.
Why the washington post is reporting this now is a better question. They are clearly out of the loop.