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2015-02-08 Science & Technology

CNO: Next-Generation Navy Fighter Might Not Need Stealth

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Posted by Hupineger Glomomp003 2015-02-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The pilot problem will cure itself in due course, in the worst way possible, after that four hour shifts on the video screen then, FORE!. Maybe have South Carolina ANG handle the Minutemen.

Posted by Shipman 2015-02-08 06:20|| 2015-02-08 06:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe have South Carolina ANG handle the Minutemen.

...My kid was a maintainer for the SCANG (169 FG, the World Famous Swamp Foxes) - believe me when I tell you that he and his buddies would not only have done a better job, they would have instilled a Strategic Air Command level of discipline.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2015-02-08 07:06|| 2015-02-08 07:06|| Front Page Top

#3 And (cough) aggressive curiosity. :)

Posted by Shipman 2015-02-08 12:42|| 2015-02-08 12:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Stealth is great. Speed and manueverability are great. But in the end, disposability will rule. On-board pilots are not (to our culture) disposable. Drones will be the future.
In 2001 I had proposed launching thousands of air-launched 'Radio Shack' radio-controlled model aircraft, each with a shotgun shell and a camera in it, controlled by a bunch of video gamers in a high=altitude circling aircraft. I could build them for $1000 each (with plenty left over for graft) and they could hunt down any target of opportunity.
14 years later they could be automated with smart facial ID robotics and solar power and dispersed by the thousands with no controllers.

Posted by Glenmore 2015-02-08 15:54|| 2015-02-08 15:54|| Front Page Top

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