The U.K. Ministry of Defence recently officially took the wraps off a prototype unmanned combat aircraft of the future. Called Taranis, after the Celtic god of thunder, the concept demonstrator will test the possibility of developing the first ever autonomous stealthy Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) that would ultimately be capable of precisely striking targets at long range, even in another continent. Should such systems enter into service, they will at all times be under the control of highly trained…
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