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re: Do you think we will ever develop another manned fighter jet?
Posted on 11/12/17 at 7:00 pm to nola000
Posted on 11/12/17 at 7:00 pm to nola000
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It's going to be hard to replace manned close air support with remote drones. This is why as hard as they've tried they can't get rid of the A-10 Warthog
I can easily imagine a future where drone swarms could be far for effective at CAS than Hogs. If our soldiers had transponders like planes the drones could pick off enemy combatants within feet of US troops. The drones could be relatively small for soft targets.
Posted on 11/13/17 at 9:22 am to Obtuse1
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If our soldiers had transponders like planes the drones could pick off enemy combatants within feet of US troops.
What happens when they are hacked? And nothing is unhackable.
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