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The SR-71 was replaced by satellites. The F-35 is a giant weird beast because it's massively multi-mission, but really as a backstop to what we can't do with d
by lallysingh 8y ago
The SR-71 was replaced by satellites.
The F-35 is a giant weird beast because it's massively multi-mission, but really as a backstop to what we can't do with drones, missiles, and satellites.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> The F-35 is a giant weird beast because it's massively multi-mission No, it's multimission because new airframe types for manned combat aircraft that could meet evolving demands were becoming giant weird beasts and getting exponentially more expensive (something that typically happens with classes of systems as they become unviable) anyway, and doing one airframe for almost every conceivable role was envisioned as a means of containing costs.
- lallysingh 8y agoContaining costs -> multi mission -> giant weird beast. I don't think we disagree. Still, I think the point about it being a backstop to unmanned aerial assets stands. I don't know if it needs to be optimized for any single mission when it's likely to be a worse choice than one of those assets.
- Anarch157a 8y ago> doing one airframe for almost every conceivable role was envisioned as a means of containing costs. Didn't they learn from the Phantom that one airframe for all tasks simply doesn't work ?
- aidenn0 8y agoNo.
- cm2187 8y ago> but really as a backstop to what we can't do with drones, missiles, and satellites ...yet? Will it not be most likely the last manned fighter jet?
- mrep 8y agoDoubt it. If it is remote controlled, you have to deal with latency and are susceptible to jamming and/or hacking and I doubt AI will be good enough for many years to come to be completely reliant on.