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  • Australia Builds Autonomous Fighter Planes

    From c186282@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 4 23:55:02 2025
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    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14874285/MQ-28A-Ghost-Bat-drone-photos.html

    Australia's first combat aircraft designed and built in more
    than 50 years has completed its first flight outside a testing
    facility.

    The MQ-28A Ghost Bat drone successfully completed its first
    flight - codenamed Exercise Carlsbad at RAAF Base Tindal,
    near Katherine in the Northern Territory.

    The exercise was part of a broader series of trials to
    demonstrate the Ghost Bat's capabilities in a simulated
    combat scenario.

    The MQ-28A is an AI-enabled, autonomous, uncrewed Collaborative
    Combat Aircraft, designed to fly alongside traditional fighter
    jets and take on mission roles typically performed by pilots.

    Developed by Boeing Australia in partnership with the Royal
    Australian Air Force, the Ghost Bat marks a major step forward
    in Australian aerospace innovation.

    Over 80 Australian companies contributed to the program.

    'This is a huge achievement of the collaborative work between
    the Royal Australian Air Force and Boeing Defence Australia,'
    Wing Commander Phillip Parsons said.

    . . .

    As best I can tell, these things can be remote-operated
    OR go into fully autonomous mode. They are intended to
    escort/augment human-piloted fighter jets.

    Why haven't I heard of the USA building anything like
    these ??? China is - but not the USA. Even if they're
    not AS effective as human-piloted (yet), what was that
    quote sometimes attributed to Stalin that went "Quantity
    has a quality all of its own" ... ?

    Five+ years, they'll be BETTER than human-piloted for
    most applications. MASS money is going into this.
    Sweden recently reported autonomous fighter jets
    besting its human pilots.

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  • From Mitchell Holman@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Jul 5 13:32:01 2025
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    c186282 <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14874285/MQ-28A-Ghost-Bat-dron e-photos.html

    Australia's first combat aircraft designed and built in more
    than 50 years has completed its first flight outside a testing
    facility.

    The MQ-28A Ghost Bat drone successfully completed its first
    flight - codenamed Exercise Carlsbad at RAAF Base Tindal,
    near Katherine in the Northern Territory.

    The exercise was part of a broader series of trials to
    demonstrate the Ghost Bat's capabilities in a simulated
    combat scenario.

    The MQ-28A is an AI-enabled, autonomous, uncrewed Collaborative
    Combat Aircraft, designed to fly alongside traditional fighter
    jets and take on mission roles typically performed by pilots.

    Developed by Boeing Australia in partnership with the Royal
    Australian Air Force, the Ghost Bat marks a major step forward
    in Australian aerospace innovation.

    Over 80 Australian companies contributed to the program.

    'This is a huge achievement of the collaborative work between
    the Royal Australian Air Force and Boeing Defence Australia,'
    Wing Commander Phillip Parsons said.



    Australia needs to protect itself
    from being attacked by......?

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  • From chine.bleu@21:1/5 to Mitchell Holman on Sat Jul 5 06:43:18 2025
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    Mitchell Holman wrote:
    Australia needs to protect itself
    from being attacked by......?

    Buy a map. A tad north of Australia is a place called China.

    Off its northern coast is this place called South China Sea where this
    'China' is engaged in a vigourous game of land grab.

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  • From Mitchell Holman@21:1/5 to chine.bleu on Sat Jul 5 17:36:02 2025
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    "chine.bleu" <[email protected]> wrote in news:104ba5m$1h40u$1@dont- email.me:

    Mitchell Holman wrote:
    Australia needs to protect itself
    from being attacked by......?

    Buy a map. A tad north of Australia is a place called China.

    Off its northern coast is this place called South China Sea where this 'China' is engaged in a vigourous game of land grab.


    What does Australia have that
    China wants? Bauxite ores and some
    iron and lithium and cobalt. All of
    which China already has. Even Japan
    never made plans to invade Australia
    for lack of anything worth stealing.

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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@21:1/5 to Mitchell Holman on Sun Jul 6 08:03:20 2025
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    Mitchell Holman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    "chine.bleu" <[email protected]> wrote in news:104ba5m$1h40u$1@dont- email.me:

    Mitchell Holman wrote:
    Australia needs to protect itself
    from being attacked by......?

    Buy a map. A tad north of Australia is a place called China.

    Off its northern coast is this place called South China Sea where this
    'China' is engaged in a vigourous game of land grab.

    What does Australia have that China wants? Bauxite ores and some iron and
    lithium and cobalt. All of which China already has. Even Japan never made
    plans to invade Australia for lack of anything worth stealing.

    Australian table wines?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cozw088w44Q>

    :-D

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