TBird41
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Post by TBird41 on Mar 3, 2010 14:12:58 GMT -5
The UAVs can defend themselves in that they are cheap, don't cost a human life and are small and thus difficult to hit. If we are building fighter planes to protect UAVs, we're in trouble. We're not. They're also supposed to protect AWACs and Tankers and our troops and ships from other fighters. In the War on Terror, where the enemy doesn't have an air force, that's not as important. In a war against an enemy that has Air Force (say, like the invasion of Iraq), that's important. If you clear the skies of the enemy, you don't have to worry about it. Prior to clearing the skies, you have to worry about fighters taking out UAVs, something that the Iraqi Air Force was able to do (and if they can do it, I'm going to assume other countries' Air Forces can do it again). And I bet we'll see the F-35 roll out finished before we see UAVs that can take on fighters and win consistently.
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Post by Bando on Mar 3, 2010 14:32:58 GMT -5
The UAVs can defend themselves in that they are cheap, don't cost a human life and are small and thus difficult to hit. If we are building fighter planes to protect UAVs, we're in trouble. We're not. They're also supposed to protect AWACs and Tankers and our troops and ships from other fighters. In the War on Terror, where the enemy doesn't have an air force, that's not as important. In a war against an enemy that has Air Force (say, like the invasion of Iraq), that's important. If you clear the skies of the enemy, you don't have to worry about it. Prior to clearing the skies, you have to worry about fighters taking out UAVs, something that the Iraqi Air Force was able to do (and if they can do it, I'm going to assume other countries' Air Forces can do it again). And I bet we'll see the F-35 roll out finished before we see UAVs that can take on fighters and win consistently. You're most likely right. All I'm saying is that a day where we our entire air flotilla is unmanned isn't that far away.
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TBird41
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Post by TBird41 on Mar 3, 2010 14:42:10 GMT -5
We're not. They're also supposed to protect AWACs and Tankers and our troops and ships from other fighters. In the War on Terror, where the enemy doesn't have an air force, that's not as important. In a war against an enemy that has Air Force (say, like the invasion of Iraq), that's important. If you clear the skies of the enemy, you don't have to worry about it. Prior to clearing the skies, you have to worry about fighters taking out UAVs, something that the Iraqi Air Force was able to do (and if they can do it, I'm going to assume other countries' Air Forces can do it again). And I bet we'll see the F-35 roll out finished before we see UAVs that can take on fighters and win consistently. You're most likely right. All I'm saying is that a day where we our entire air flotilla is unmanned isn't that far away. Agreed. The 6th Generation of fighters should probably be UAVs.
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