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Thursday, September 09, 2010

Global Hawk Air Drone Debuts in Pacific


The US Air Force has unveiled a powerful new air drone in the Pacific which will allow the US military to monitor an area from Afghanistan to South America's western coast.

The RQ-4B Global Hawk can fly at an altitude of 16,000 kilometers on flights lasting 38 to 42 hours.

With an array of high tech radars and infrared detectors it can scan an area of 5,500 kilometers and detect an object as small as 30 centimeters.

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