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Most fighters don't cruise around on full AB; they cruise at lower throttle settings to conserve fuel. So again, how are you going to get these 100k ball beari
by greedo 11y ago
Most fighters don't cruise around on full AB; they cruise at lower throttle settings to conserve fuel.
So again, how are you going to get these 100k ball bearings up to 20k AGI? Your slow, cheap drones are just going to loiter up there and hope an F-35 flies into their web?
It's not like the air forces of the worlds would be ignorant of this "surprise" tactic. And the methodology of targeting an F-35 with a cascade of ball bearings is conveniently left out of your scenario.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y ago>Most fighters don't cruise around on full AB; they cruise at lower throttle settings to conserve fuel. Yeah, so, what's your point? It's obviously not a well developed plan. Nevertheless, considering the costs of repair, sortie interval, loiter time, all of the other limits imposed by having so few very units of expensive aircraft opens them up to novel attacks. As to how to get the things to stay up there? Balloons are one way, large solar panel wings which could be jettisoned is another. Such a plan might not even have to work well, it might be enough to cause decision makers to keep the fighters grounded.