Tornado To Be Axed
Discussion
Tony1963 said:
I left the RAF in 1990! And I was never into that RAF chat stuff. Makes me shudder even now.
It’s weird in the RAF I never used half the lingo that people used. However in my new role there’s a good mix of RAF and Navy and nautical lingo has crept in to the point all of us now make wets, pop to the heads and everyone is shipmate Tony1963 said:
Yeah, just as driverless cars have taken the world by storm. It'll be a few decades yet.
Given that manned jets seem to be in service for a few decades, I fully expect the next generation to be pilotless, or at least flown from the ground. Be kinda sad but it makes a great deal of practical sense. Tony1963 said:
kurt535 said:
I feel any manned combat aeroplane is on its last legs with the advent of drones and computing power......
Yeah, just as driverless cars have taken the world by storm. It'll be a few decades yet.Wouldn't weapon carrying drones whose weapons are under the direct control of ground forces rather than pilots/controllers have some battlefield advantages, ie the drone just loiters until called upon?
hairyben said:
unmanned doesn't necessarily mean fully automated, although automation in aircraft shouldn't be too groundbreaking... We could call it auto-pilot...
Wouldn't weapon carrying drones whose weapons are under the direct control of ground forces rather than pilots/controllers have some battlefield advantages, ie the drone just loiters until called upon?
This is where it all gets a bit contentious. Does the drone loitering in autonomous mode have the ability to defend itself autonomously? At what point does it decide it is being threatened, and by what or whom? I think I read some stuff going on in S Korea at the moment re killer robots – we need to think very carefully about where we go from here. Skynet, HKs etc Wouldn't weapon carrying drones whose weapons are under the direct control of ground forces rather than pilots/controllers have some battlefield advantages, ie the drone just loiters until called upon?
Yertis said:
This is where it all gets a bit contentious. Does the drone loitering in autonomous mode have the ability to defend itself autonomously? At what point does it decide it is being threatened, and by what or whom? I think I read some stuff going on in S Korea at the moment re killer robots – we need to think very carefully about where we go from here. Skynet, HKs etc
at this point we can delay it, as a drone carrying a few weapons is a lot more disposable than a piloted aircraft.The swarm drone “Perdix” deployed ..
https://youtu.be/OixSNQp0S_k
Ref. https://thaimilitaryandasianregion.wordpress.com/2...
Oh, talking about RPV/drones...
https://youtu.be/OixSNQp0S_k
Ref. https://thaimilitaryandasianregion.wordpress.com/2...
Oh, talking about RPV/drones...
CrutyRammers said:
Tony1963 said:
Yeah, just as driverless cars have taken the world by storm. It'll be a few decades yet.
Given that manned jets seem to be in service for a few decades, I fully expect the next generation to be pilotless, or at least flown from the ground. Be kinda sad but it makes a great deal of practical sense. MartG said:
telecat said:
I also feel the 35 just isn't a GA aircraft.
You don't think the Joint Strike Fighter will do GA ?Trouble is, there's high level GA and there's real close-in GA........and the F-35 (in any version) is never going to do that latter - despite the USAF saying it's going to replace the A-10, which almost everyone except USAF top brass knows is largely bks.....
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