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This is true. And this holds up until enemy forces have advanced electronic warfare capabilities. Radar and radio jammers are usual in modern warfare. And the
by ho_schi 5y ago
This is true. And this holds up until enemy forces have advanced electronic warfare capabilities.
Radar and radio jammers are usual in modern warfare. And the worst case is an EMP. The Russians considered elctronic warfare already in the Russo-Japanese War. During WWII the British jammed the German radio navigation. Technology isn't making you automatically superior - you need to able to able apply it. And if not, a reliable fallback is needed. Remember the F4 which initially had no internal cannon because the US believed the "superior" rockets will do everything? It didn't worked well in Vietnam. The internal cannon is a feature of every modern fighter and the Navy founded TOPGUN.
I've no clue what happens in future. But I would keep a close look on who is doing well with electronic protection (EP). And we didn't speak about the elephant in the room, computer networks. Which are hopefully autonomous without the need of an network support. Don't connect anything important - like a fighter aircraft - to a network.
- raducu 5y agoI'm sure at some point there were soldiers who could have used a sword or bayonet, but eventually those were not needed anymore. The same with cannons in fighter planes.