| ▲ | mrtksn 6 hours ago |
| Good point but all these things can be fitted on a drone too. |
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| ▲ | compass_copium 4 hours ago | parent [-] |
| It's not like UCAVs aren't being developed, though. Piloted aircraft have lower latency and are better for some tasks. If UAVs were ready to replace piloted aircraft in all combat roles, they would have. They have almost completely replaced piloted aircraft in ISR, for example, where they are a great fit (no Gary Powers, no latency issues). The Pentagon doesn't want to lose trained pilots. |
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| ▲ | mrtksn 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Does it justify the expense and the shortcomings though? Horses also have some advantages over tanks, like refueling from the grass on the roadside but they become mostly ceremonial anyway. | | |
| ▲ | compass_copium 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yes, because AI is not good enough to fly a plane, detect an enemy craft, and react before a human pilot could. Like I said, they are developing UCAVs. They are not replacing all human-piloted strike planes, let alone all human-piloted air-superiority fighters, yet. Being able to pull a few more gs in a turn doesn't give you that much of an edge, yet. |
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