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To: Chainmail
The technologies at hand or available soon will make entirely autonomous unmanned systems overwhelmingly capable

I take it from that comment that you are a staunch supporter of the F-35 the single airplane that now epitomizes use of your "overwhelmingly capable" technology.

25 posted on 09/04/2014 9:10:47 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: pfflier
"I take it from that comment that you are a staunch supporter of the F-35 the single airplane that now epitomizes use of your "overwhelmingly capable" technology."

No way, José! Hugely overpriced kluge. "Overwhelmingly capable" is misused altogether too often. The technologies within reach are mechanical vision through a much wider electromagnetic spectrum, through a full spherical view. No blind spots and sensing far beyond anything human. Autonomous operation and target recognition and maneuvering far beyond any living person and swarms of air vehicles functioning as a single, coordinated entity. Small, cheap, disposable and faster accelerating.

Ground systems will be a similar story: more mobile, more concealable, faster and more lethal and functioning as one.

My background is the engineering that is taking place now and I managed the design of a completely autonomous artillery system (other than having humans to prepare and place rounds on the system - didn't have budget for a magazine!)that could take control of many other systems and run extremely efficient and coordinated fireplans without human intervention. Needless to say, the "artillery mafia" blocked everything but they can't resist forever.

33 posted on 09/04/2014 9:34:34 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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