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[Jet Jaguar]

[hosepipe]

What would be wrong with drone operators that WERE pilots.. that way the pilot could be kami kamzis and not die.. or even make high "G" movements with no effect.. Take that fighting platform into another plateau of threat.. especiallt to rnemy pilots..

The only difference would be training drone operators as pilots.. even maybe operating the drones from another flying platform.. for recon or attack.. OR a mix of BOTH platforms.. Consider a couple of pilots(in f-35s and several drones(f-18s or something like that) as an air wing..

Lots ansd lots of options here.. Including mini attack drones.. for the battlefield.. Even LIMPET MINE drones to attach to enemy fighter airceaft.. to be blown up when the enemy pllot LANDS his aircraft or disattachs "later" for an other target......

[Centurion2000]

ABOARD THE USS HARRY S TRUMAN (AP) - The Navy lags well behind the Air Force in the development of armed drones -- the unmanned aircraft now used increasingly in Iraq and Afghanistan -- insisting that its "Top Gun" fighter pilots are still smarter, better and more flexible in combat.

40 automated drones can do a much better job of locating and pinning the enemy down for a potential kill than relying on satelitte observation that will be shot down early in the next global war and a single manned pilot.