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Old 27th Jan 2012, 07:39
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Flying Sperm!

Oh well, nature knows best

Didn't they realise what it looked like? U.S. 'spy plane' designers left red-faced over aircraft's rather embarrassing shape | Mail Online
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Old 27th Jan 2012, 07:56
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True definition of a 'weather balloon' literally

Might explain any Uninformed Floating Objectives sightings
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Old 27th Jan 2012, 08:33
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Looking forward to the first combat insertion...
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Old 27th Jan 2012, 08:50
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Not exactly stealthy is it?

Lets hope it doesn't automatically head for Woomera
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Old 27th Jan 2012, 09:47
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Looks like the aftermath of a designer c**k-up.
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imagine the possibilities for camouflage!
[YOUTUBE]
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Designer was a guy called Richard Head
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Ah well, as ever, form follows function.
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Ah that explains the boom in condom sales in the middle east - protection from UAV
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Old 27th Jan 2012, 21:56
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Looks like a maggot!
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Old 27th Jan 2012, 22:03
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So how does it move? where/what is the propulsive force?
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Old 27th Jan 2012, 23:49
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Just one prick & it's gone though...
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Old 27th Jan 2012, 23:55
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Its going to cost a fortune, having to put thousands of them up for just one to complete its task
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Old 28th Jan 2012, 07:49
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Perhaps designed by a female with a big erm, idea
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Old 28th Jan 2012, 08:24
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Is it true that the first one will be called the USS Bill Clinton?
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Old 28th Jan 2012, 09:08
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Will it have a recovery ship .................something like

Pentagon Recovery Intelligence Collecting etc etc
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Rumour is that oppenents have discovered a block for this and intend to use it to sanitize a large area its called

Control of Non Denominated Operation ...........etc etc
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Old 28th Jan 2012, 12:47
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a certain French Fighter squadron c. 1970 had a demi official badge of a rampant winged set of family jewels [meat and two veg] which they used as a zap when visiting NATO airbases. Guetersloh was festooned with them c. 1969. The one on the Met. Office shutters was preserved, because I whipped the shutter off when the SWO's jankers wallahs were going round the station overpainting them.
Hid it behind SMetO's cupboard for display to visiting dignitaries.

Who has it now, I wonder?
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