My point was that communications can be jammed. If that happens you can’t pre-program an air-to-air fighter to continue the mission. You can use autonomous logic in a surface attack aircraft because it’s attacking a stationary target.
I work as a engineer for a military contractor for unmannded mine warfare systems. I agree that they’ll take over the most dangerous manned missions someday, but we aren’t ready for them to take over the Air to Air mission yet.
I doubt seriously that communications can be jammed sufficiently to prevent control. Secure communictations is much too important to the modern high-tech battlefield to allow a potential enemy to succeed.
"I agree that they’ll take over the most dangerous manned missions someday, but we aren’t ready for them to take over the Air to Air mission yet."
And the biggest reason fot the delay is that the "fighter jocks" in the Air Force want to keep getting their "adrenaline high", not that the technology isn't available.