cyon_me

cyon_me t1_izi5d6k wrote

Russia doesn't have Stealth though. Also, do you really think you want a giant radio signal to your "stealth" aircraft? If so, then the stuff that you're relying on is to make it hard to hit, not to hide it (you'll need a manned support aircraft to keep up with it if you don't want the signal to be hijacked or jammed). This is a valid form of stealth, but it's not the fantasy-like stealth that the B-2 has. Also, drones are valuable in their effectiveness to cost ratio. As the US knows in Russia should have learned by now, human lives are extremely expensive, so a combat drone does make sense. However, don't expect it to dogfight. Dogfighting died with over-the-horizon targeting capabilities on planes (planes can magically explode [the missile is fast enough to blink through the attack], and they never saw their enemies).

Sorry about how I started this. I'm not deleting it because people need to put this in perspective. I'm not editing it because I'm tired.

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cyon_me t1_izi3yyd wrote

I believe a hellfire missile launcher can be entirely controlled by the computer. Most of the operations concerning radar and signal jamming in military tech is already done by computers. The human hand and mind is not connected enough or fast enough to notice when radar is being jammed and switch to a different form of tracking.

In other words, this headline is clickbait.

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