Iran Unmanned Bomber

[B-Valvs]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100822/ap_ ... ned_bomber

This doesn't look too good.  :-/

8-)

[JBaymore]

Proactive thought......

Please keep the following discussion focused on the aircraft... not the politics of the situation.  Thanks.

best,

................john

[ShaneG_old]

The comments section at that link, makes for some very fun reading. 

[specter177]

Building it's not the hard part. Getting it to go where you want it to without fail is. Also, it carries a very small payload from what the article says. Probably would be a better cruise missile than bomber.

[Steve M]

A SCUD with wings? No one said it could return to base. A bottle rocket is unmanned too.

[Ivan]

Silkworm variant with lots of wing area added...

OK it does have enough lift power for a MK82, but the rest of the specs makes me think that they dont have the datalink power to put more than 1 exocet on it

[drbob777]

I like the cheezy gold paint.

I have to agree that the payload looks way to small to be any threat, just Iran getting into the news again

[Rich H]

The aesthetics are quite cool.. but its payload does seem rather limited... hardly call it a big threat.

[Ivan]

Well you can slam it into an oil tanker in a strategic spot...

[Souichiro]

I suppose it can be usefull but I wouldn't be tooooo worried about them..though at a low altitude they could be quite nasty

[Steve M]

Gold Finger.. where you least expect it! 007 lives..again.