Posted on 05/22/2023 3:18:18 AM PDT by tired&retired
Defense News reporters have obtained an image of China's secret supersonic WZ-8 drone. The drone is parked outside one of the new hangars at Lu'an Air Base in Anhui province.
Here's What We Know The People's Republic of China is actively upgrading the airbase where the People's Liberation Army bombers are stationed. As you can see, a hypersonic unmanned aerial vehicle capable of speeds of Mach 3 (more than 3,700km/h) is also located there.
Fixed it for you.
Automatomic a/c will only ever dominate in certain sectors. Many people enjoy the act of piloting an aircraft and it's unlikely they ever will stop finding ways to do so.
Looks like a paper plane design.
This is being actively planned right now. The new Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) the Air Force is testing can fly with up to 4 drones, or in reality 4 unmanned NGADs and use them as wingmen.
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/05/air-force-planning-future-without-f-22/174001/
A manned fighter aircraft is the centerpiece program of NGAD and has been referred to as the Penetrating Counter-Air (PCA) and is to be supported by uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft (CCA), or “Loyal Wingman” platforms, through manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T).
Uh yes, you are an idiot.
I’m not going to waste my time once again recounting for you how every American military failure and reverse has been the result of the LEFT.
Just like the leftists here want to concede Europe to Russia and Asia to China.
The idiocy is obvious and astounding.
There is a real world and the consequences of turning it over to enemies doesn’t go away because you throw a tantrum about “nazis homos and biolabs” or whatever is the left wing chant of the week.
Like the incredible American deep water port at Cam Ranh Bay which we desperately need against Red China right now, but was turned over to the communists by the left wing democrats in Congress. Not by neocons.
The tantrum they threw then will kill many of us in the future.
The WIZ-8?.....................
Isaac Asimov (IIRC) wrote a short story about this subject back in the 50’s.
In a future of all computerized warfare, no one flew anything, only computers. Every computer could counter every move by a enemy computer. It was a standstill.
No one could do math, or do simple arithmetic except a lone professor whom everyone thought was a anachronistic kook.
He showed the generals how to do math and they were astounded. Then they put actual pilots into the aircraft like the ‘ancient old days’ and the computers could not predict their moves.....................
“The constant references to “neocons” as a negative are being used by our adversaries”
Our adversaries are in Washington DC.
They are a clear and present danger to liberties of every single American.
Neocons are folks who go to fight in the next town while leaving the back door of their house unlocked.
More Chinese hypersonic hyperbole...
Nice plane, but they’re missing a few pieces of the puzzle.
An advantage of AI autonomous systems is that the best performing AI can be replicated in any number of vehicles at minimal cost.
With human pilots the transference of knowledge from one to another is called “training”, which is very expensive and time consuming. Not to mention that AI systems are easier to manufacture than pilots are to acquire.
I suspect the Chinese working on these projects weren’t chosen for their jobs based on sexual kink, color or who their daddy was... Their Generals aren’t chosen that way either...
Our country is becoming second rate by our own stupid choices.
“””(p.s., did they ever find all the pieces of those Patriot launchers that got minced up in Ukraine?)”””
What are you talking about?
Not a problem. Biden will propose a Trans-Force.
What can stop a Tranny?
Those fduckers are almost unstoppable!.
You are misinformed. Ballpoint pen tips?
In the 1980s China could not manufacture precision ballbearings. USA gave them the technology (machinery) to do it in the 1980s.
We sold them the rope they will hang us with.
You are misinformed. Ballpoint pen tips?
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No its true, laughably they could not - the ball bearings they make are inferior to anything made in Sweden where most Western high quality ball bearings originate.
What ever they had in the 80s is what they still have; meanwhile, the rest of the world has moved on.
Western ball bearings are embargoed as is the equipment needed to make them. Same for high end microchips.
“However, every time there is a leap forward in technology on the battlefield, there will always be some type of countermeasures developed.”
We are more worried about pronouns then countermeasures. I have no faith in our current political hack generals in charge.
It’s a recon drone. It isn’t designed to destroy anything
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