He launched an unmanned, completely automatic bomber

The Royal British Air Force has used Tornado bombers for decades and built a new Typhoon squadron. But recently, the Royal Air Force has complemented its fleet with an unmatched powerless drone.

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The unmanned aircraft Taranis, the name of the god of thunder in Celtic, will have faster speed than the speed of sound and not reach the range of enemies. British officials hoped that the aircraft with invisibly designed wings would replace current unmanned drones and pilots.

It was a heavy task, but Taranis was equipped with some new technologies. In the case of being detected and the enemy planning to shoot down, Taranis can automatically stealth in front of radar without receiving commands from the operator.

Taranis unmanned bomber aircraft of the Royal Air Force.

Taranis can also identify the target and will only confirm it with the operator before making an attack. At a cost of about $ 200 million, Taranis is not a cheap plane but the Royal Air Force believes it is a "worthwhile" investment .

Nigel Whitehead, director of the Royal Air Force's program manager, including Taranis aircraft manufacturing program, said the new unmanned aircraft could change the use of Defense Ministry aircraft. Future. Currently the British Ministry of Defense is using manned aircraft to perform offensive missions.

Remote-controlled aircraft such as the Reaper are also used by the British Ministry of Defense and the US military to attack targets. Taranis aircraft are expected to be the replacement bombers for manned and unmanned aircraft.

Replacing larger-sized bombers with more than 3 decades of experience on the battlefield is not a simple target and Taranis aircraft are not very large.

Taranis is 11.3m long with a 9.1m wide wingspan, Rolls-Royce Adour type engines are like the US Navy T-45 engines and are thought to be able to operate globally. That means Taranis is capable of refueling in the middle of a flight, just like the US Navy X-47B.

Self-control capability with unlimited range is the long-term goal of military planners in both the UK and the United States. He replaced Tornado aircraft with Eurofighter Typhoon manned aircraft and will use the aircraft for a long time. Typhoon aircraft only has the difference that it can carry a much larger volume. A Typhoon can carry 11.8 tons while the Taranis can only carry 2.9 tons.

While weapons for an unmanned aircraft need to be tucked in to ensure stealth, the Typhoon with large loads doesn't have to worry about that and can carry dark weapons. The latest on both sides of the wings and in the fuselage.

For bombs alone, a Typhoon can carry 6 226kg Paveway IV bombs, a Paveway laser guided bomb that can carry American direct attack bombs (JDAM) and is equipped to use bombs. HOPE / HOSBO navigation, bombs with great destructive power and good penetration ability.

These are the most powerful laser guided bombs in the world and are believed to have greater destructive power than US GBU-28. The only conventional bomb that has a greater damage than the US bombs is US GBU-57, weighing 13.6 tons and only B-2 bombers can carry it.

The unmanned aircraft Taranis has the same shape as the B-2 aircraft if in the future the wings and the aircraft's capacity are slightly expanded. No one can foresee the possibility of this unmanned aircraft.

In the next few weeks, Taranis aircraft will test flight in remote Australian forests.