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It may kill human piloted powered combat aircraft in favor of missiles and drones
by dv_dt 2y ago
It may kill human piloted powered combat aircraft in favor of missiles and drones
- ttyprintk 2y agoThat’s what I expect: long careers in NATO for Ukrainian veterans who can extrapolate from the high-point of USA and Russian arms.
- SJC_Hacker 2y agoDrones can't replace a human in the cockpit. Remote piloted are subject to EW. Autonomous are not quite there yet. May be in ten years, maybe not.
- convolvatron 2y agogiven the extreme 'benefits' of autonomous weapons (cheap, can be produced in arbitrary numbers, easier logistics, fewer parents mourning their children in your country, vastly easier production), we should expect them to be fielded before they are really ready.
- dv_dt 2y agoId agree with ten years to never for a 1:1 100% replacement - but Im not sure that is the required threshold for drones to replace a development budget item for upgrading to an next x-gen manned fighter.