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DARPA's air-steered X-65 jet (www.theregister.com)
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[โ€“] mvirts@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How else would a jet steer?

[โ€“] max 2 points 2 years ago

According to the article, this uses jets of pressurised air rather than moving parts to manoeuvre.