Boeing unveils new F-15 SE Silent Eagle

tva2 · Post by **tva2** » 17 Mar 2009, 22:55

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..."Boeing today unveiled a new F-15 prototype aimed at the international market with such "fifth-generation" add-ons as radar absorbent coatings, internal weapons carriage and integrated digital avionics, plus featuring a distinctive V-tail."

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topgun1984 · Post by **topgun1984** » 17 Mar 2009, 23:07

looks like a budget F-22 to me

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DAMN!!!!! i don't think no one is gonna buy such a thing...

F-15 met the hunchback of the notredam and voila, this is the result

Swind · Post by **Swind** » 17 Mar 2009, 23:15

Looks like a April fool to me....

SquAdmin · Post by **SquAdmin** » 18 Mar 2009, 08:02

Swind wrote:Looks like a April fool to me....

Although it's rather early, I'm also pretty sure of that

topgun1984 · Post by **topgun1984** » 18 Mar 2009, 10:58

I wonder why they would call it Silent Eagle actualy.

1. It will never fly

2. It hasn't got engines that are quiet enough

3. Giant impeller props with a shitload of laptop batteries haven't been tested yet

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » 18 Mar 2009, 20:56

topgun1984 wrote:I wonder why they would call it Silent Eagle actualy.

1. It will never fly

2. It hasn't got engines that are quiet enough

3. Giant impeller props with a shitload of laptop batteries haven't been tested yet

Number 1 does make it very Silent..

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