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An unmanned combat aerial vehicle would probably win in a dogfight, but that's irrelevant given the anti-access/area denial strategy evolving in e.g. Crimea and
by rch 6y ago
An unmanned combat aerial vehicle would probably win in a dogfight, but that's irrelevant given the anti-access/area denial strategy evolving in e.g. Crimea and the South China Sea.
- dodobirdlord 6y ago> An unmanned combat aerial vehicle would probably win in a dogfight If by "unmanned combat aerial vehicle" you mean a missile, maybe. Up to a point fighter planes get faster as they get larger. Any "drone" that could go toe-to-toe with the F-35 is going to be around the same size and look roughly the same. But more significantly, the F-35 is a stealth fighter that serves primarily as a sensor platform for long-range weaponry. The premise that it would find itself in a dogfight is not realistic.
- rch 6y agoI'm referring to a specific class of drone, e.g.: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kratos_XQ-58_Valkyrie https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kratos_XQ-58_Valkyrie I agree that dogfighting is irrelevant and unrealistic.
- chipsa 6y agoAlmost all (if not all) UCAVs are for "strike", at this point in time. Which is to say, they drop bombs or missiles on ground targets. The control loop has too much latency for air to air combat right now. Closest that is likely in the near future is robot wingmen, where the UCAV is under the control of a nearby stealthy fighter.