Topic: UAVs

Whispering Death · February 23rd, 2005

I think that is is possible that we will have all UAVs maybe by the time I'm on my death bed.

But think about it, how long has the U.S. army been working on something as comparitively simple as the Land Warrior System or the OICW?

I think the next generation of bombers will feature unmanned stealth bombers capable of flying a GPS route and dropping all their bombs right where you want them.

But for Close Air Support you want to trust a UAV dropping napalm 500ft away from your position? Like hell! I want real eyes and ears in that A-10. And we are a long long way from removing the pilot from the fighter aircraft.

For precision bombing I think we are almost there. But as for Air-to-Air and Close Air Support, AI is way too far off and think about communications. What happens to your 50 million dollar jet when its remote control communications get jammed... that's not going to be a pretty sight when congress reviews the AF budget.

February 23rd, 2005
Whispering Death Tribuni Angusticlavii Gear	I think that is is possible that we will have all UAVs maybe by the time I'm on my death bed. But think about it, how long has the U.S. army been working on something as comparitively simple as the Land Warrior System or the OICW? I think the next generation of bombers will feature unmanned stealth bombers capable of flying a GPS route and dropping all their bombs right where you want them. But for Close Air Support you want to trust a UAV dropping napalm 500ft away from your position? Like hell! I want real eyes and ears in that A-10. And we are a long long way from removing the pilot from the fighter aircraft. For precision bombing I think we are almost there. But as for Air-to-Air and Close Air Support, AI is way too far off and think about communications. What happens to your 50 million dollar jet when its remote control communications get jammed... that's not going to be a pretty sight when congress reviews the AF budget.