craftsman
Dec 5, 2006, 15:33
Japan to develop tiny superlight spy plane
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Defense Agency is to develop a miniature superlight reconnaissance aircraft, based on ideas from a paper plane, a local newspaper has said.
The tiny unmanned aeroplane, designed to monitor enemy movements in Japanese territories, measures just 60 centimeters (24 inches) in wingspan and weighs only 400 grams (14 ounces), the Nihon Keizai Shimbun business daily said.
The agency hopes to put the plane into action within five years, Nihon Keizai said.
"We will try to develop the world's smallest patrol plane," an agency official said quoted by the newspaper.
Source: Yahoo Asia News
And here is an exclusive picture of how far they have got in the plane's development:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/mechtoys/gifs/origami/plane.jpg
Oh No! Watch out Mr.Kim Jong-il - you might get hit in the eye!
Well. No. it's my picture actually. But at an estimated cost of one billion yen (8.68 million dollars), I can think of no better way to spend hard-working people's tax money than on a paper plane. Oops. Sorry... I mean a spy plane.
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Defense Agency is to develop a miniature superlight reconnaissance aircraft, based on ideas from a paper plane, a local newspaper has said.
The tiny unmanned aeroplane, designed to monitor enemy movements in Japanese territories, measures just 60 centimeters (24 inches) in wingspan and weighs only 400 grams (14 ounces), the Nihon Keizai Shimbun business daily said.
The agency hopes to put the plane into action within five years, Nihon Keizai said.
"We will try to develop the world's smallest patrol plane," an agency official said quoted by the newspaper.
Source: Yahoo Asia News
And here is an exclusive picture of how far they have got in the plane's development:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/mechtoys/gifs/origami/plane.jpg
Oh No! Watch out Mr.Kim Jong-il - you might get hit in the eye!
Well. No. it's my picture actually. But at an estimated cost of one billion yen (8.68 million dollars), I can think of no better way to spend hard-working people's tax money than on a paper plane. Oops. Sorry... I mean a spy plane.