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It doesn't have to have weapons control, even. If it's limited to an "AI scout" role it could just loiter around, find potential targets and flag them for a
by akira2501 12y ago
It doesn't have to have weapons control, even. If it's limited to an "AI scout" role it could just loiter around, find potential targets and flag them for a human operator. If the targets are reviewed to be valuable enough you could take manual control and fly an assault mission.
- poof131 12y agoThings like this already exist in various forms and the U.S. government isn't too happy when our 'friends' try to sell some of them: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/27/AR2005062700351.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06... The whole process of command and control, targeting, ROE, etc. is incredibly complex and far from easy. Drone's will do more and more, but I'm definitely not a fan of Hunter-Killers on the loose. Two of the fixed-wing losses during the opening of OIF were blue-on-blue Patriot shoot downs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation_shootdowns_and_accidents_during_the_Iraq_War#2003_2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation_shootdowns_and...