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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.")
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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....)
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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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