President Reaper requires all humans to register with the new government

The last manned combat sortie by the 174th fighter wing was flown last week. The 174th is the first fighter wing to go from manned fighters to unmanned ariel combat vehicles. Several other wings have converted to the famous Predator UAV, however that aircraft is officially classed as a reconnaissance vehicle (even the armed version).

The MQ-9 Reaper (an upgraded Predator) will replace the 174th's fleet of F-16s. The Reaper has the capacity to loiter with up to 4200lbs of payload for 16-28 hours. By comparison, that's 15 times the payload of the armed Predator...and its three times faster to boot. Work is currently being done to fit it with air-to-air missiles, pretty much officially making Top Gun obsolete.

Read More for the next step in our submission to the robots...


This is the Boeing X-45, a technology demonstrator for a completly autonomous unmanned combat air vehicle. This thing will take off, land, and fly by itself...and also find its own targets and bomb them...without any human in the loop. Apparently the only time a human is involved is when the robot presents its operator with a picture of the target and asks its master for permission to kill. One more thing...these things work as a team. They cooperate together to find the most efficient way to destroy its target.

Good thing the project was canceled in 2006...somewhat delaying the inevitable enslavement of mankind.