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In fairness, manned aricarft is superior if the pilot is capable of attacking and defending at the same time. But mannfed aircarft is expensive because a good p
by yeukhon 11y ago
In fairness, manned aricarft is superior if the pilot is capable of attacking and defending at the same time. But mannfed aircarft is expensive because a good pilot takes many years to train and many hours to fly, and many hours of real combat to gain real experience. But modern days you don't really have wars soldiers and pilots are trained through simulation (but virtual and real life).
unmanned drones are expensive because the technology to develop a good one takes forever. R&D is expensive (naturally, and commercially). So both sides have pros and cons. Except, to be real fair, if you can mass produce unmanned military drones at an affordable cost, unmanned drones are the superiors.
- cptskippy 11y ago> In fairness, manned aricarft is superior if the pilot is capable of attacking and defending at the same time. I'm not sure what you're driving at. I'm assuming by your "attacking and defending" remark that you're referring to fighter aircraft, there are not currently drones to fulfill the roles of a typical fighter aircraft. Like any aircraft, drones are best suited for a particular role.
- yeukhon 11y agoI am not. When you are flying to do drone attack, you still have to defend yourself against enemy aircraft and anti-aircraft units like AA, and this means you are doing both attack (destroying your target) and defending your mission and your aircraft from getting shot. I am not familiar with how air battle works, but my understanding is, there are fighter jets to protect bombers and drones. But still, you need to kind of defend yourself. Bombers have machine guns equipped for example so bomber can still defend itself.
- cptskippy 11y agoThere really hasn't been a situation like that since the Korean War. Modern warfare relies heavily on radar and ballistic missiles. Fighter jets usually operate far ahead of any ground forces or bombers eliminating threats before they even pose a risk. Drones are quickly replacing aircraft like the A-10 because the primary threat to these aircraft comes from ground fire, drones however operate out of visual range.