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2008-06-03 Home Front: Politix

Navy sees future with drones for spying but not fighting

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Posted by gorb 2008-06-03 01:59|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 ...What strikes me as odd is that the USAF is - albeit hesitatingly - embracing the UAV while the USN is shying away from it like the Devil from holy water. Turning every ship into a CV seems like something the Navy would want...or perhaps that's the problem.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2008-06-03 18:13|| 2008-06-03 18:13|| Front Page Top

#2 "1000-FLAG/NATION" GLOBAL TASK FORCE > humanitarian and OWG-UNO mandated "police actions", etc. We all know how many times "MANO-A-MANO" CONVENTIONAL WARFIGHTING-METHODISMS were suppos to be OBSOLETE, AGAIN AND AGAIN, ala KOREAN WAR, VIETNAM, COLD WAR + even POST-COLDWAR/USSR.

IMO, the Navy fears what lies far into the future i.e. "ROBO-SHIPS" = UNMANNED COMBAT SHIPS + ORBITING BATTLE STATIONS. IOW, THE NAVY FEARS THAT THERE WILL BE NO NAVY [Ocean/Water-borne] AS WE KNOW IT IN THE FUTURE, ONLY A MULTI-CAPABLE GLORIFIED AIR FORCE/AEROSPACE/SPACE FORCE WHOSE AIRBORNE CRAFTS CAN FLY, LAND ON SEA SURFACES, SUBMERGE, AS WELL AS WAGE TRADITIONAL "NAVAL" AND OTHER CONVENTIONAL COMBAT = OTH FORCE PROJECTION LIKE GREAT-GRANDPA DID WAY BACK IN THE 21st CENTURY???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-06-03 19:14|| 2008-06-03 19:14|| Front Page Top

#3 The killer ratio is development times. New UAVs can be developed in as little as a year. Manned combat planes take more than 10 years.

By the time a manned plane sees service, 5 to 10 generations of UAV will attack the same problem.

Posted by phil_b 2008-06-03 21:46|| 2008-06-03 21:46|| Front Page Top

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