[Alas Babylon!]

*Freeper note (not in article): In artificial intelligence (AI), collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) are robotic loyal wingmen such as the Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat, Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie, General Dynamics X-62 VISTA, or the entrants in the Skyborg Vanguard program.

When I retired from the USAF, the hair-chested fighter pilot was still the golden god of the airmen.

This is a huge sea change, and the dawn of a new age. Not a remote controlled drone, but an aircraft flown by an AI. So many things to digest, good and bad...

[null and void]

As long as they aren't crewless and clueless!

[blueunicorn6]

Killing and destroying need to be under the direct control of a human lest it become too easy.

[Pelham]

It will be great unless it goes full HAL9000.

“I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that. – ...”

[allendale]

Naval surface combatants are obsolete floating coffins. AI and rapidly evolving drone technology is changing the nature of warfare. Armored land vehicles and even aircraft of all sorts also have little chance of survival against technologically sophisticated opponents. The winner of future battles and wars will be the side that can neutralize or shoot down their opponents drones.

[cld51860]

Correspondent: General, we’re told of wonder weapons the Germans were working on: Long-range rockets, push-button bombing weapons that don’t need soldiers. What’s your take on that?

Patton: “Wonder weapons?” My God, I don’t see the wonder in them. Killing without heroics. Nothing is glorified? Nothing is reaffirmed? No heroes, no cowards, no troops, no generals. Only those who are left alive and those who are left... dead. I won’t live to see it.