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A human pilot can't be simply disconnected of reprogrammed to turn around and bomb Washington. I think that's a major consideration. Yes, there are drones that
by DominikR 12y ago
A human pilot can't be simply disconnected of reprogrammed to turn around and bomb Washington. I think that's a major consideration.
Yes, there are drones that work quite well against countries like Afghanistan but good luck using these against China or Russia. (not that I'd want to see that ever happen)
- talmand 12y agoWell, to be fair, a human pilot can decide to do those things on their own. Plus, most drones I'm aware of still have a human pilot, just not on board.
- exelius 12y agoDrones, like any other aircraft, would be used only after air superiority has been established. That means that by the time we're sending drones in, the enemy doesn't even have sufficient radar capabilities to know what planes are there. Radar sites are one of the first targets in the process of establishing air superiority because they direct anti-aircraft defenses. They wouldn't even know there are drones to hack, just that missiles are raining down from above. If we haven't established air superiority yet, we just use cruise missiles. But a cruise missile looks a lot like a missile fired from a drone if you're standing on the ground.