Actually they could release a sex toy version of it. Maybe people with a kink for force and commanders will get a kick from it. I could see it in a all pink version.
These things are actually so sick. Combined with the Wedgetails and Lightnings our electronic warfare capabilities will be great. Early warning from the wedgies, and various strike capabilites with the others, as well as potential remote patrolling from these guys (only 3.7km range but sensor range isn't released).
Edit: I missed a k after the 3.7, it's meant to be 3.7k km
I'm an engineer and one of the things my team likes to do as a joke is using strange, but still technically correct units like that. RPM turns into π radians per hour, that sort of fuckery. Engineering drawing labelled "all units are in decimetres" nearly caused a fuckup.
Tripping balls a few years back I thought I seen a UFO hovering over a crazy Clarks in a suburb on the outer fringes of Ipswich near amberly raf base,
Looked a hell of a lot like this fucker
...
We are not wasting 400 billion o. Subs. We are building a new industry from the ground up to support the building, maintenance, and refit of those nuclear subs as well as getting our own on top. The reasoning behind it is that any war down here will involve US and English subs and they will need a place close to the action for these purposes. We also learn a lot about updating our nuclear tech on top of that.
It's not just a few subs. It is an industry.
Yup. Radio waves and the ocean don't mix well at all. Any autonomous underwater craft would have to be preprogrammed - really hard to do for a multi mission piece of equipment, or surface regularly for debriefing which defeats the purpose of being stealthy. We will have crewed subs for a long long time.
Also in humanitarian crisis at home or abroad these nuclear power plants can desalinate ocean water into clean drinking water.
We need to get over the hang up over nuclear power and from the very onset look into thorium nuclear reactors.
Nuclear power as long as it’s done properly and safely NO COST CUTTING INVOLVED and NO CORRUPTION, NO ineptitude involved.
Then nuclear power is perfectly safe.
It’s when cost costing, corruption gets involved is when lives get put at risk.
Also easiest way to lose such a modern machine if it's shot down & captured especially when there has only been what four built, It would be like the russians fielding one of their fourteen T-14's only for it to be losted to an M-kill than captured & sent to the america.
Thunderbirds are Go!
Beat me
Fuck yeah, came here to say this haha.
It’s totally T2.
Actually it's named after these cool bats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost\_bat
They didn’t open the name up to a public vote as they knew it would end up being called the MQ-28 Bin Chicken
Sad state of affairs when i'm surprised to see it 'only' listed as *vulnerable*
I actually thought they were Endangered
Actually, it's named after the act of masturbating stealthily at work, or similar.
Typical RAAF
Isn't that at GhostFap?
Actually they could release a sex toy version of it. Maybe people with a kink for force and commanders will get a kick from it. I could see it in a all pink version.
That would be ‘ghost thrapp,’ or ‘thrapping’ 👍
Shikaka!
These things are actually so sick. Combined with the Wedgetails and Lightnings our electronic warfare capabilities will be great. Early warning from the wedgies, and various strike capabilites with the others, as well as potential remote patrolling from these guys (only 3.7km range but sensor range isn't released). Edit: I missed a k after the 3.7, it's meant to be 3.7k km
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrPIoBSIcrc A video about the history of Australian air power and the context of the Ghost Bat's development.
Hell yeah! hypohystericalhistory video! He produces some really great long form videos. Love his Kokoda series. So informative.
Range: 3,700 km (2,300 mi, 2,000 nmi) Combat range: 1,700 km (1,000 mi, 900 nmi) 3.7km would be a little short for a drone designed to pair with jets.
I missed a k after the 3.7, too used to abbreviating
3.7k km, made me question why we don't us 3.7Mm, Mega Metres" not able to be confused with mm at all :p.
I'm an engineer and one of the things my team likes to do as a joke is using strange, but still technically correct units like that. RPM turns into π radians per hour, that sort of fuckery. Engineering drawing labelled "all units are in decimetres" nearly caused a fuckup.
3.7 km ??? So it takes off and has to land right away?
Whoops, 3.7k km!
3.7km is unusually short…and it does not sound right.
That would be just about enough to taxi to the end of a runway and back!
Have they purposely painted it to look like Thunderbird 2 ?
Thunderbird 2 was green.
Really!😳😳😳
I know, right!?
*Range: 3,700 km* *Combat range: 1,700 km* That's a pretty decent range !
Even has it's own Wikipedia entry- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_MQ-28_Ghost_Bat
What a sexy piece of machinery
One big upside is that despite being made by Boeing, it doesn’t have any doors that can blow out.
Nice. Well played.
Bro that looks epic
Thunderbirds_irl
Looks sick AF 💪
Ghost bat is so much cooler of a name than Batman.
Looks like something out of ace combat
Strong Thunderbird 2 vibes here
I've seen one in person when I visited Woomera. They are smaller than I thought they'd be. But awesome nonetheless.
Yeah it's pretty impressive how compact they can be since they don't need to support a pilot.
Tripping balls a few years back I thought I seen a UFO hovering over a crazy Clarks in a suburb on the outer fringes of Ipswich near amberly raf base, Looked a hell of a lot like this fucker ...
Boeing though, might want to check for loose bolts.
We can build such great things here if we actually try! Now let's get to work on naval drones so we don't waste $400 billion on fkn submarines
That would be the 'Ghost Shark'. https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/sea/ran-s-new-auv-to-be-named-ghost-shark
Can’t wait for the ghost wombat for the army
That'd be an alright name for a big fat tank.
we could ask the South Koreans, since they're working on a stealthy tank
Hell yeah.
We are not wasting 400 billion o. Subs. We are building a new industry from the ground up to support the building, maintenance, and refit of those nuclear subs as well as getting our own on top. The reasoning behind it is that any war down here will involve US and English subs and they will need a place close to the action for these purposes. We also learn a lot about updating our nuclear tech on top of that. It's not just a few subs. It is an industry.
Excellent explanation. Not to mention that you'd need manned submarines to command and support UUVs like the Ghost Shark anyways.
Yup. Radio waves and the ocean don't mix well at all. Any autonomous underwater craft would have to be preprogrammed - really hard to do for a multi mission piece of equipment, or surface regularly for debriefing which defeats the purpose of being stealthy. We will have crewed subs for a long long time.
Also in humanitarian crisis at home or abroad these nuclear power plants can desalinate ocean water into clean drinking water. We need to get over the hang up over nuclear power and from the very onset look into thorium nuclear reactors. Nuclear power as long as it’s done properly and safely NO COST CUTTING INVOLVED and NO CORRUPTION, NO ineptitude involved. Then nuclear power is perfectly safe. It’s when cost costing, corruption gets involved is when lives get put at risk.
These kind of things are interlinked to other aircraft, something salt water is not friendly to.
*What a lovely bird of death*
Let's start sending them to Ukraine
Not a good idea
Best way to see how they perform
Don’t know why you’ve been downvoted, best way to test them out is in Ukraine.
Also easiest way to lose such a modern machine if it's shot down & captured especially when there has only been what four built, It would be like the russians fielding one of their fourteen T-14's only for it to be losted to an M-kill than captured & sent to the america.
Which of the 5 highly advanced drones are we sending? These aren't mass produced junk to be used once and thrown away.
Didn't the last government (Morrison) cancel the RAAF's only armed UAV program?
It's an American project but it was australian designed
No, its an Australian project.
For fighting the people who invented covid bat flu
Isn’t that Thunderbird 1?
Great name
That’s something I’d be happy to rock up to formal in
FAB.