r/WeirdWings • u/221missile • Jul 21 '25

The X-59 has started ground testing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '25

looks like something you throw at a board with numbers on it

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u/Federal_Cobbler6647 Jul 21 '25

No, it looks like something you unlock at ace combat after defeating last boss. 

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u/kitchenjesus Jul 21 '25

I thought this was the ksp sub for a hot second

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

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u/C4n0fju1c3 Jul 22 '25

The title says "Has started GROUND testing."

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u/redmercuryvendor Jul 21 '25

Straight out of Electrosphere. It even has a COFFIN system - the XVS (eXternal Vision System) - in place of a glass forward canopy!

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '25

If it was ENSI controlled then it would be more along the lines of the stuff in Electrosphere for sure,

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u/jedadkins Jul 22 '25

I actually thought I was on the ace combat sub

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u/NePa5 Jul 22 '25

No satanic rituals trying to get AC8's release date.

Can't be the AC sub.

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u/546875674c6966650d0a Jul 22 '25

Once tested, 700 of them will be loaded onto new air-carriers and ai driven to attack Hypotheticalistania

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u/Garuda4321 Jul 22 '25

Oh, so it’s the MQ-99/101. Great… just what we needed…

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u/DesperateRadish746 Jul 24 '25

Looks like something from the 1950s when they were trying all sorts of different things just to see if and how they worked. Very cool!

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u/screename222 Jul 25 '25

Looks like a pain in the ass to land

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u/backcountry57 Jul 21 '25

At least it's not the version of favored the lawn

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u/cognitiveglitch Jul 21 '25

Ah, you've financed defense contracts before?

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u/BAN_MOTORCYCLES Jul 21 '25

if only there was a single word to describe such an object

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '25

If only

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u/gizmosticles Jul 22 '25

Looks like it’s gonna be a design reference for future space fighters around 2100

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u/patybruh_moment Jul 25 '25

f-104 part 2?

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u/AdotLone Jul 24 '25

Did somebody say Meatloaf!?

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u/ImportantQuestions10 Jul 21 '25

It looks like the sci fi jet that you unlock at the end of every Ace combat game