Massive New Attack Drone Under Development in Russia

[NickB79]

Source: LiveScience

Russia is developing a new 20-ton attack drone that may be used to carry out strikes on stationary and moving targets over land and sea, according to news reports.

Sukhoi, a Russian aircraft manufacturer, is building the massive drone, whose prototype could be ready by 2018, reported Pravda, a political Russian newspaper based in Moscow. The specific capabilities of the new vehicles have not been discussed publicly, but are expected to rival similar American attack drones.

Read more: http://www.livescience.com/40222-russia-attack-drone.html

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It's been predicted that the future of aerial combat would swing to drones within the next couple of decades.

[Berlin Expat]

1. This will not end well

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[DJ13]

5. Yep, Terminator comes to mind for me as well

[geek tragedy]

2. Project name: Target Practice.

The entire point of a drone is that it's hard to see/detect. If it can't sneak up on you, it's just a big target with no evasive capabilities.

[NickB79]

10. This is just the first step in drone development

Just as the Predator drone isn't the end-all, be-all of drones.

Another decade or two, and we'll be seeing drone fighter jets that can fly circles around manned jets.

[Evasporque]

3. In Russia attack drone has crew of nine....nt

[cosmicone]

4. This would be an effective weapon

against the Chechen terrorists.

[blkmusclmachine]

6. .

[Buzz Lightyears]

7. Oh great

Just what we needed. More drones.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. And now, we gotta build BIGGER drones

'cause we can't be outdone by the Russkis, no sirree.

[Lucky Luciano]

9. Definitely don't want to be outdroned by the Russkis! nt

[Kennah]

12. Ours will have two ball turrets! BIG BALL TURRETS!

[daleo]

11. Coming up

The Drone Gap.

[dembotoz]

13. remember the good old days when the only thing associated with a drone

was the sermon on sunday

[wordpix]

14. wow we now have a Cold War with nukes and drones, both

how wonderful! Won't the MIC-Congress be happy!

[Pterodactyl]

15. Those rascally Russians! What will they do next?