Posted on Mar 21, 2016
This Forgotten 1950s Idea Will Change Drone Warfare
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The warplane of the future is a drone mothership, able to dispatch swarms of small air-launched UAVs for close-up reconnaissance, to act as jammers or decoys, or even to carry out airstrikes. Those drones may be cheap enough to be expendable, but what if you want to recover them?
The Air Force has the answer, using a technique developed by a 1950's jungle pilot and missionary. Researchers are now experimenting with ways to use his deceptively simple idea—dragging a long tether behind a plane—to let a plane pull its drones back in.https://youtu.be/TRZAwERwHVA
The Air Force has the answer, using a technique developed by a 1950's jungle pilot and missionary. Researchers are now experimenting with ways to use his deceptively simple idea—dragging a long tether behind a plane—to let a plane pull its drones back in.https://youtu.be/TRZAwERwHVA
This Forgotten 1950s Idea Will Change Drone Warfare
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell they say history has a way of repeating itself, this will defy time here.
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell
History does repeat , Time and time again... Thanks SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell
Good question Capt Seid Waddell https://youtu.be/17z9A6Np2nA. Maybe this way..
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Capt Seid Waddell
F-0951 MARS Midair Retrieval System, Ryan Aeronautical Firebee Target Drone UAV
From the archives of the San Diego Air and Space Museum http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/research/ Please do not use for commercial purposes without permis...
SGT John " Mac " McConnell, I saw that done when I was at Eglin. This method too...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9aA60KmXh0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9aA60KmXh0
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