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To: Alas Babylon!
“The [F-35] competitor should be a drone fighter plane that’s remote controlled by a human, but with its maneuvers augmented by autonomy,” Musk tweeted. “The F-35 would have no chance against it.”

Sounds good. Until the radio link is jammed. Or it gets out of range. Remotely controlled high speed maneuvers in real time will need instantaneous comms at all times so SATCOM doesn't sound like an option as a data link.

37 posted on 06/05/2020 12:04:58 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: pepsi_junkie

You know human pilots outsmart drones known as guided missiles by jamming the signals and deploying countermeasures, right? It’s also a concept that you could have guided missiles that follow the drone control signal to the drone itself.


43 posted on 06/13/2020 9:09:21 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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