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X-45A Robotic plane dropped a little smart bomb
Los Angeles, Usa – Boeing Co. hopes to build hundreds
A prototype of the X-45 combat plane built by Boeing (see service AVIONEWS) dropped within inches of a truck, a little smart bomb of 250 ponds. Rob Horton, Boeing’s chief operator for the mission, was at 80 miles from the target and, after having preprogrammed the combat plane with the target coordinates and used the Global Positioning System to adjust its course, has authorised it to drop the bomb f...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency