Comments by "That Car Guy" (@ThatCarGuy) on "Why The RAF's Next Drone Is At The Cutting Edge" video.

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  2. The Skyguardian isn't the best. The RQ180 "White bat" is. Granted most of it is classified. Heck the RQ170 is better other then endurance. The US won't sell these to other nations though as they have an RCS similar to the F22. "The RQ-180 is believed to be about the size of the Global Hawk, which weighs 32,250 lb (14,630 kg), and have similar capabilities of endurance (24 hours) and range (12,000 nmi (14,000 mi; 22,000 km)). This is much more than the RQ-170's endurance of 5–6 hours. It has superior all-aspect, broadband radar cross-section reduction features compared to previous stealth aircraft such as the F-117 Nighthawk, F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II. The RQ-180 is believed to have a cranked-kite layout like the X-47B, but with a much longer wingspan, perhaps as much as 130 ft (40 m). Northrop Grumman claims the wing is more scalable and adaptable than the B-2 Spirit's flying wing shape"
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  3.  @mollyfilms  The design is just better. It's a flying wing design. It's basically an unmanned B2. The MQ9 likely does have a better payload as the RQ180 uses bomb bay doors limiting it's payload, something they wont even say exists or know how what it's payload is, but thanks to the RQ170 crashing in Iran and them showing it off/building their own we know it had 4 internal hard points, leading to believe the RQ180 with it's larger size should have more payload(still not as much as the MQ9 though with it's 9 hard points and 4000+ pound payload.) But with it's stealthy design, is much better at ISR and precision strikes. "The semi-official Tasnim news agency of Iran reported in September 2016 that a UAV named Sa'egheh, similar in appearance to the RQ-170 Sentinel, had been built. It was said to be able to carry four precision-guided bombs; the range was not stated"
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  4. ​ @Clickathon  "Those are not MALE UAVs." What? "The RQ-180 addresses a need for conducting penetrating ISR missions into defended airspace, a mission that was left unattended with the retirement of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird in 1999."
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  5.  @Clickathon  The RQ180 has a better range. "MQ-9B has a range of over 6,000 nautical miles and is equipped with nine hard-points for sensor or weapons carriage with over 2,100 kg (4,000 lbs.) of available payload. SkyGuardian is capable of all-weather day/night operations."
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