To: hosepipe
What would be wrong with drone operators that WERE pilots, ....or even make high "G" movements with no effect.The UAVs are not jets...so no spiffy high-g manuevers... and with their slow speed are not close to being dogfighter weapons.
They could, eventually, be a supplement to our piloted fighters....by being just dumb trucks to unleash a barrage of smart AMRAAM-NCADE's that will provide the major Air-to-Air capability of drones for the forseeable future.
Dogfights with a drone would be a turkey shoot. The piloted plane would be easily able to get inside the drones perception/decision loop...and always be several steps ahead of it.
10 posted on
06/02/2008 3:37:27 PM PDT by
Paul Ross
(Ronald Reagan-1987:"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.")
To: Paul Ross
[ Dogfights with a drone would be a turkey shoot. The piloted plane would be easily able to get inside the drones perception/decision loop...and always be several steps ahead of it. ]
Yeah but what if the drone(f-18) was BAIT... for a f-35 fishing expedition...
12 posted on
06/02/2008 3:50:35 PM PDT by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
To: Paul Ross
However, a drone would be useful in sub hunting and could carry a couple of missiles.
18 posted on
06/02/2008 5:58:09 PM PDT by
GAB-1955
(Kicking and Screaming into the Kingdom of Heaven!)
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