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The time of planes has ended and the time of drones has begun it has.
by toddh 6y ago
The time of planes has ended and the time of drones has begun it has.
- hctaw 6y agoYou still have to shoot down a fighter jet to disable it. An enemy can't hack the pilot remotely and safely land it on their own air strips, which has happened with drones.
- jlkuester7 6y agoThat seems like all the more reason to invest more in our cyber-warfare/security capabilities instead of dumping the money in machines designed to carry meat-bags.
- hctaw 6y agowe dump money into both
- tablespoon 6y ago> That seems like all the more reason to invest more in our cyber-warfare/security capabilities instead of dumping the money in machines designed to carry meat-bags. We're talking about nation-state on nation-state hacking here. The kind of investment you're talking about would have to be absolutely massive, and even then it still might not do the job. And even if that kind of investment in cyber-warfare/security capabilities is undertaken, the military isn't going to stop "dumping the money in machines designed to carry meat-bags" until after it's very clear the investment was successful. It's not realistic for a first rate to take the kind of risk you're talking about if it wants to remain first rate.
- moistbar 6y agoIf the plane is connected to anything else, it can be hacked. Just because it hasn't been reported yet doesn't mean it's impossible or even that it hasn't happened.
- tablespoon 6y ago> If the plane is connected to anything else, it can be hacked. Just because it hasn't been reported yet doesn't mean it's impossible or even that it hasn't happened. And if that's a realized threat, the planes can be disconnected and still function at a reduced capacity. That's not true for drones. It's like GPS. It's a really nice technology, but warplanes and weapons also have IMUs, so they'll still be effective if GPS has been jammed/knocked out.
- hctaw 6y agoThe risk of downing a manned aircraft for a nation state is much higher than a drone.
- Paradigma11 6y agoIf that is possible then its also possible to hack the communication to the pilot and social engineer him to do what you want.
- slowhand09 6y agoI think if you make a fighter jet expend its missiles putting it in Winchester mode, and block its path to safety, thus expending its fuel... it drops from the sky. IMHO that would be a disable/defeat.
- newsclues 6y agoThe horse and the automobile were used in two world wars last century.
- toddh 6y agoAnd how did the work out for the british in WWI? They could have invested in tanks and used the Blitzkrieg one war early, but the officers loved their horses. Using horses was not a sign of health, it was sign of backward thinking and nearly cost them everything.
- newsclues 6y agoIt was necessity for both sides, because of limited infrastructure, fuel supplies, and priorities in manufacturing. Most horses were used for logistics if I recall.
- toddh 6y agoIt was because that's how they had always done and the idea that real soldiering is on horse back. It was culture, not practicalities.