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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why are we still buying manned warplanes when this technology is well-proven and so much less costly?

Well, as it stands right now, it is very hard to shoot down one of these

with one of these

In the future, once unmanned air superiority aircraft are developed, you must consider the consequences of having your entire air superiority capability depend on getting a guidance signal from Nintendo Air Force Base in Nevada to your thousands of unmanned aircraft in an electronic and space warfare environment.


14 posted on 01/01/2008 4:17:14 PM PST by Polybius
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To: Polybius; 2ndDivisionVet

Or, we could use the ‘all your eggs in one basket’ argument against going to a total Unmanned force....


16 posted on 01/01/2008 4:25:35 PM PST by HiJinx (~ Support our Troops ~ www.americasupportsyou.mil ~)
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